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Healthcare spending inches up as patients absorb costs
A tough economic environment and greater cost-sharing by patients helped keep healthcare spending mostly in check during 2010, reported Reuters. According to data from the Centers for Medicare &
Most expensive cities for healthcare need preventative care to curb costs
Miami is the most expensive city in the U.S. to deliver healthcare, according to reporting by the financial website Bundle.com, indicating that providers should focus more on preventative care to
Republican plan would move Medicare beneficiaries into costly private plans
Seniors would have to pay for nearly 68 percent of their Medicare costs under a proposal to revamp Medicare, unveiled earlier this week by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). With
High-cost Medicare patients linked to health, not geography
The health of elderly Medicare patients is the single biggest factor in driving costs, not market dynamics or the provider, according to a new report by the Center for Studying Health System Change
Medicare overpays for wheelchairs
The Medicare program is overspending on wheelchairs by a vast amount, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Medicare does not buy wheelchairs for enrollees outright. Instead, it pays rental
Deficit reduction plan would turn Medicare into a voucher program
For the second time in two weeks, a bipartisan group of budget experts introduced a plan Wednesday to rein in the deficit and pump new life into the economy. The report, Restoring America's Future,
