Retirement reform includes Medicaid, Medicare, AHCA’s Daub says
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Haymarket Media
May 20, 2005
Reforming Social Security without addressing Medicaid and Medicare funding crises would be imprudent, the president of the American Health Care Association said in testimony before Congress Thursday.
Also in the News for Wednesday, April 10
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 10, 2019
Move over Esformes: Feds break up $1.2B Medicare orthopedic brace scam … Omega, MedEquities face four lawsuits in advance of vote on $600M merger … Towels spontaneously combust, forcing nursing home...
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Sep 24, 2021
Kansas AG questions legality of federal vaccine mandate for nursing homes … Death toll rises to 15 among nursing home residents evacuated during Hurricane Ida … NY health commissioner who issued controversial...
Seniors’ anger over health reform could affect outcome of midterm elections
Oct 27, 2010
Frustration over healthcare reform’s Medicare cuts is driving seniors to vote and even campaign for politicians opposed to the Obama administration’s Medicare cuts, according to news reports.
Debate shifting after Senate kills tort bills
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James M. Berklan
Jun 12, 2006
For the fifth time in three years, the Senate voted down tort reform proposals that would have eased burdens on nursing home operators and other healthcare providers.
House Republicans aim to block board’s Medicare authority
Jan 04, 2013
Republican House leaders say they will continue to fight a part of the healthcare reform law that could lead to Medicare spending reductions without direct input from Congress. The House was scheduled...
Obama renominates Berwick to head CMS, contentious hearings promised
Jan 28, 2011
President Obama announced Wednesday that he has renominated Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, six months after naming him chief during a Congressional recess. The first...
Long-term care providers can influence healthcare reform, Edward Kennedy Jr. tells association
Nov 19, 2009
“Legislators really need to hear from people working in the [long-term care] industry,” Edward M. Kennedy Jr., son of the late senator, told a crowd at the 60th annual meeting of the Massachusetts...
Nursing homes and hospitals work together to lower readmission rates
Oct 25, 2011
Techniques such as screening for sepsis and a standardized discharge form have helped to lower the rate of rehospitalized nursing home patients in Florida.
Bush agrees to designate $1.2 billion for VA as emergency funds
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Haymarket Media
Feb 01, 2006
President Bush this week agreed to earmark $1.2 billion for veterans’ healthcare as emergency spending following a request form Congress.