Quality Measures Proposed for Medicare Special Needs Plans

On December 14, 2007, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the National Committee for Quality Assurance announced that they are seeking public comment on a set of proposed quality measures for Medicare Special Needs Plans.

CBO Reports U.S. Budget on Unsustainable Path

In testimony before the House Committee on the Budget, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office reported today that "[i]n the absence of significant changes in policy, rising costs for health care and the aging of the U.S. population will cause federal spending to grow...

CMS to Direct Review of Recovery Audit Contractor Decisions

In a December 10, 2007 article, The Sacramento Bee reports that Medicare officials recently informed Congress that policy inconsistencies were found in approximately 40 percent of the audit decisions of California's Medicare recovery audit contractor.

Dealing with privacy laws & loved ones

Athens, GA (Oct 29, 2007) - From my personal experience, I can say without a doubt that the advice offered here is sound and should not be ignored. There is nothing worse than not being able to find out what is wrong with a parent or loved one."I take a week's vacation in the...

Another Stark truth: Pelosi wooses out . . . again!

It would be nice if Speaker Pelosi would either back those trying to unseat the tyranny and the madness of the reign of King Boy George or just shut up. Now, she's apologizing again. I, for one, am one of the many who stand in strong support of Rep. Pete Stark and his...

The Warnings Have Been Around for Years

" "The numbers are huge, the kind of numbers that make “people sweat.”  Erie County’s liability? Nearly $1 billion. Buffalo’s price tag? At least that much. Probably more. For the first time, taxpayers are learning the bottom line: long-term costs they...

Strange Bedfellows

"The politics of universal health care makes for strange bedfellows in the U.S. Wal-Mart, Unions Unite on Health Care This united front of business and labour are calling for universal health care. But it is not Canadian style single payer universal medicare."

Still Waiting On Wait Times

"The most important priority of the Harpocrite government was wait times, and well we are still waiting to see what will be done to reduce them. So far the New Government gets a big F for failure from those in the know. A survey of Canadian doctors has given the battle to...

Rumpelstiltskin Clinic

"Remember the tale of Rumpelstiltskin....... Pay up or we keep baby, Indonesian clinic tells poor parents Anywhere else this would be considered kidnapping. An Indonesian clinic is keeping a baby until her impoverished parents pay the escalating bill for her delivery and care."

LE REVUE GAUCHE - Left Analysis And Comment: No Profit In Ending Cancer

"This hits it on the head. Why can't capitalism find a cure for the ultimate disease of capitalism; cancer. There is no profit in ending the disease. Cancerous tumours can be shrunk without radiation by administering a drug already used safely in humans for decades, says...

Bravo MP Bill Casey

"I am posting the letter I wrote Conservative MP Bill Casey, (Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley) about his private members bill to create a national registry, national standards and a national program for studying brain tumors."

GOP Strategy Memo for Retaking Congress

"The man who will be House Minority Leader going into the 110th congressional session, John Boehner, sent a memo to GOP reps. outlining his plan to take back the majority in the House. Political Insider has the full memo. The poster, Helvidius, points to what he feels is the...