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The Latest Breaking News from Medicare

Why do politicians weaponize Medicare? Because it works

The Medicare wars are back, and almost no one in Washington is surprised.

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350 doctors lobby Capitol Hill for pay

Over 300 physicians lobbied Congress in hopes of increasing Medicaid pay for doctors

Salon

Insurers, Republicans square off with Biden on Medicare 'cuts' - Roll Call

Medicare Advantage, a Medicare alternative primarily run by private health insurers, becomes a battleground in the war over federal spending.

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Value of private health insurance in regional Australia questioned by long-time policy holders

Three regional Australians tell the ABC's regional health investigation their experience with private health insurance leaves them questioning whether it is worth the cost.

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Texas sues Biden administration over guidance to pharmacies on providing abortion-inducing drugs

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on February 7, 2023, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas challenging July 2022 guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that, according to Paxton, violates state sovereignty by seeking “to require…

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How JFK hid his disability

Despite living with chronic pain in his bowels and back, JFK kept his disabilities secret from the public

Salon

Sanctions and military support in Ukraine are woefully inadequate

The United Nations should be discussing what can be done against rogue heads of states, beyond sanctions.

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Bulk-billing rates in Tasmania worst in Australia, as medical students shun GP careers

For those trying to find a bulk-billing doctor in Tasmania, the task is a challenging one — and with rural clinics under pressure and fewer GPs coming through the system, the problem is only going to get worse.

ABC News

Newcastle's inner city parking woes loomed long before Supercars

The influx of builders working on various big projects means there has been a flood of trades all needing parking, but spaces are limited.

Newcastle Herald

Social Security and Medicare: Troubling math, tough politics

It seems no one wants to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits

The Independent UK

Texas town tries a new model for saving rural health care

BOWIE, Texas — After sitting empty and exposed to thieves and vandals for more than two years, the one-story hospital that served Bowie for more than five decades is close to making a comeback — of sorts.

Tribune News Service

After staying away during pandemic, doctors return to lobby Congress

WASHINGTON — Dr. Timothy McAvoy, an internist from Waukesha, Wisconsin, held his infant granddaughter last Tuesday while standing in the Longworth House Office Building, waiting to talk to a congressional aide about increasing Medicare pay for doctors.

Tribune News Service

Doyle McManus: Biden's 2024 presidential campaign harks back to past Democratic triumphs

WASHINGTON — When the 1996 presidential campaign approached, Bill Clinton faced an uphill struggle to win a second term. His biggest legislative proposal, a sweeping health care bill, had failed. His party had lost the House of Representatives to Republicans led by a fiery conservative, Newt Gingrich. Clinton's poll ratings…

Los Angeles Times

Submissions to Senate sports concussion inquiry call for more funding, research and education and consistent guidelines

Submissions to a Senate inquiry into concussions in contact sports urge consistent guidelines and definitions of concussion, and action on investment in research, better education and support for players, and a public registry for those affected.

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Jimmy Carter enters hospice care

Carter has faced some health issues in recent years and received treatment for cancer in 2015

The New Daily

Ask the Expert: Tax components and super – what happens (financially) after we die?

You can nominate your estate as a beneficiary, then who you want to receive your super benefits. But here's where this strategy falls down.

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Health facilities cited for COVID vaccinations

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The Independent UK

Health care vaccine mandate remains as some push for an end

A federal mandate for health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has been in place nationally for a year

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Florida Sen. Rick Scott backtracks on GOP plan to sunset Social Security that Biden blasted at State of the Union speech

Republican Sen. Rick Scott Friday backtracked on his plan to sunset Social Security and Medicare that President Joe Biden called out during his fiery State of the Union speech.

The Independent UK

GOP senator ditches plan to sunset Social Security and Medicare that Biden called out in State of the Union

Rick Scott’s updated policy proposal would exempt ‘Social Security, Medicare, national security, veterans benefits, and other essential services’ from his sunset provision

The Independent UK

Sen. Rick Scott alters policy plan causing heartburn for GOP

Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida has amended a plan to overhaul how the federal government works after Democrats repeatedly seized on it to accuse Republicans of looking to cut Medicare and Social Security

Salon

Scott quietly edits plan to end Medicare

The Florida Republican changed his plan to exclude the programs after backlash from Democrats and his own party

WEKU

Why hundreds of doctors are lobbying in Washington this week

They came to tell Congress about their "recovery plan" for physicians, which includes a Medicare pay boost and an end to some frustrating insurance company requirements.

Axios

Rick Scott accuses Biden and McConnell of "gotcha politics" on Social Security

"To say otherwise is a disingenuous Democrat lie," Scott wrote about Biden.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: the electorates where it’s hardest to find a bulk-billing GP; Brisbane’s new Olympic arena; and Bruce Willis has dementia

New data reveals the extend of Medicare’s woes across the country

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