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Calling In the Bounty Hunters
Obama announces bipartisan-backed high-tech group to crack down on waste and fraud in Medicare, Medicaid • Obama to Make Closing Argument on Health Care • Dems to Emanuel: Stop the Health Care Deadlines • What's in a Deadline? For Health Care, Everything
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Elder Law: Planning well vital for chronic care needs
Q: Ms. Burzynski, I am the agent under a power of attorney for my parents. Once my parents complete any “spend-down” of assets prior to being eligible for Medicaid to cover nursing home care, will I, as agent under the power of attorney ever be liable for all of my parents’ bills because of the power of attorney? Would having power of attorney mean my parents would never be eligible for Medicaid ...
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Federal Court Rejects California Medicaid Cuts
The San Francisco Chronicle: "A federal appeals court barred California on Wednesday from lowering Medi-Cal payments to doctors and hospitals by 5 percent and from cutting in-home care workers' wages by nearly 20 percent, saying the state's budget crisis doesn't justify violating federal laws that protect the poor and disabled. In four rulings, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San ...
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Obama using 'bounty hunters' to root out fraud
President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.
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Federal court rejects California Medicaid cuts
The San Francisco Chronicle: "A federal appeals court barred California on Wednesday from lowering Medi-Cal payments to doctors and hospitals by 5 percent and from cutting in-home care workers' wages by nearly 20 percent, saying the state's budget crisis doesn't justify violating federal laws that protect the poor and disabled.
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Administration, Health Insurers Point Fingers At Each Other In Premium Hike Dust-Up
The Obama administration and insurance industry executives are continuing their battle over rate increases. Politico: "Insurance industry executives sat down with administration officials in the White House last week to justify their rising premium costs, attributing them to increasing medical costs. But it's an answer President Barack Obama apparently wasn't buying. In his weekly Saturday ...
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Editorial: Sacramento teachers must help solve budget crisis
California school districts are in a difficult position. With the downturn in the economy and chronic state budget deficits, they have taken cuts over the past five years. Any "easy" reductions and use of one-time funds have been exhausted.
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Consumer Watchdog calls for national freeze on health insurance rates and rate regulation
Consumer Watchdog called on President Obama to impose a national freeze on health insurance rates before health reform takes effect to protect consumers from premium hikes like the 39% increase recently announced by Anthem Blue Cross in California. The rate freeze is one of five tools Consumer Watchdog urged the president to include as part of his proposed fixes to the Senate health care bill.
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Report: Health care helps state get U.S. funds
New Jersey typically pays the federal government much more than it gets back, but a new report shows the state does well attracting some types of funding from Uncle Sam.
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Did Democrats make health care harder than necessary?
I belong to a loosely organized group of Kennedy/Johnson-era alumni who keep in e-mail touch on current issues. We all are of the same generation. Not surprisingly, we find ourselves in agreement on many things. In 2010 we all favor some form of health care reform, although differing on details. We all voted in 2008 for President Obama. Yet, today, we all are frustrated and mystified to varying ...
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Labour and Employment
This newsletter briefly discusses several recent developments in employee benefits and executive compensation that may be of interest. For more details on any item reported herein, please contact any member of Blank Rome's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation group.
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After Financial Ruin, Plotting America's 'Comeback'
David M. Walker is the former comptroller general of the United States. His book, Comeback America, details the current financial crisis and offers his ideas on controlling spending and restoring fiscal responsibility in the United States.
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Obama adds fraud fight to reform sell - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 PST
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Tuesday he’ll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system. The White House announcement came as Obama prepared to travel to Missouri today, taking his closing argument to the nation’s heartland. The trip will be his second public appearance ...
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