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Medicare’s rules meant to help end hospices being paid for drugs not for terminal illnesses
New Medicare guidance taking effect Thursday aims to stop the federal government from paying millions of dollars to hospice organizations and drug insurance plans for the same prescriptions for seniors. But the changes may make it more difficult for dying…
House Gives Government One Year to Fix Veterans Disability Mess
The House on Wednesday approved a spending bill that sends a stiff message to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): Congress wants the VA to eliminate its backlog of thousands of veterans waiting on disability claims by 2015. The disability claims…
Medicare Advisers Say No to Lung Cancer Screening
Annual low-dose CT lung cancer screening for high-risk individuals doesn’t have enough evidence for benefit over harms to be covered by Medicare, an advisory panel concluded. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid national coverage determination panel voted a mean 2.2 on…
New Web Site Launches to Help Veterans Navigate Applying and Appealing for Disability Benefits
InjuredVeterans, a nationwide law firm representing veterans in claims for disability benefits has launched a website — InjuredVeterans.com — to reach men and women who sustained an injury or illness while serving their country during military service, and help them…
IT’S TIME TO DEFY HEALTHCARE MANDATES ISSUED BY BUREAUCRATS
In my 23 years as a practicing physician, I’ve learned that the only thing that matters is the doctor-patient relationship. How we interact and treat our patients is the practice of medicine. I acknowledge that there is a problem with…
What are the sources of retirement income?
Overall, what are the sources of retirement income? The recently released Social Security publication, Income of the Aged Chartbook, 2012, provides this information in charts and tables that are easy to understand. Charts focus on the receipt and shares of income from Social…
The Fix For Social Security’s Finances Would Affect Just 5.6 Percent Of Workers
One way to fix Social Security’s long-term financing is to stop exempting high-earning workers from Social Security taxes on the majority of their income. Thanks to new research from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), we now know…
Women often face many more financial challenges than men
Women face many more financial challenges then men. There are a number of social and economic reasons for this. It is well documented that there is a difference in pay between the genders, although today about 26 percent of women earn more…
Why Disability Insurance Is Critical
Most people understand why having life insurance is a good idea: Nobody wants to leave their survivors in a financial lurch if they were to die suddenly. But what if you suffer an accident or illness and don’t die, but…
The Problem With Wanting It All
“I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now.” The 1989 song “I Want It All” by English rock legend Queen, does as good of a job as any at getting to the root cause…