Tag Archives: Medicare

Ruling re Medicare’s snail-slow Administrative Law Judges

Single Payer healthcare would eliminate the “need” for Administrative Law Judges who have ruined countless lives with their insupportable assertions of individuals’ ability to work. Making ALJ’s move faster will only somewhat curtail their counter-productive existence, just as removing pre-existing … Continue reading

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@FBIMiamiFL, @TheJusticeDept could have dramatically ended FL Medicare fraud, but …

“No determination of liability,” says the Release below. The Department of Justice remains ludicrously soft on greed-driven crime on Loretta Lynch’s watch, and it’s not acceptable. A recovery of $17M of defrauded Medicare dollars was just step one. All of … Continue reading

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Takes so very little time to tell the truth about Medicare …

Published on Jun 17, 2015 Robert Reich says, “You may have heard that Medicare is running out of money and needs to be pared back. Wrong. Medicare isn’t the problem. In fact, Medicare is more efficient than private health insurance. … Continue reading

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Court Certifies Nationwide Class Action in Challenge to Medicare’s Review Process Delays

Center for Medicare Advocacy For Immediate Release: Court Certifies Nationwide Class Action in Challenge to Medicare’s Review Process Delays Contact:  Ali Bers, Litigation Attorney, Center for Medicare Advocacy               (860) 456-7790, abers@medicareadvocacy.org Connecticut: A federal judge in Connecticut has certified … Continue reading

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End Veteran suicide pandemic: Dismantle VA, give Vets no copay Medicare.

<img src=” Via: TakePart.com” alt=”Veteran Suicide Pandemic” /> If a disease was disseminating the civilian population in these proportions, the mainstream media would never shut up about it; Congress would be forced into taking whatever actions were necessary to turn … Continue reading

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Nearly every hour of every day, a Veteran commits suicide. Let’s stop it – with Medicare.

Our broken Veterans Administration is responsible for the pandemic of Veteran suicides, and there’s an easy fix … give Veterans no copay Medicare, rolling the drug negotiating powers the VA has that Medicare mysteriously doesn’t have into Medicare. Veterans hospitals … Continue reading

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No raise in minimum wage in five years … most dangerous corporate subsidy

The 5 Worst States To Spend Your Childhood | Care2 Causes The nonprofit health care policy group Kaiser Health released new state-level data on Medicaid and food-stamp enrollment and the numbers help paint a bleak picture for child poverty in … Continue reading

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FOCUS | The Pirates Behind the Campaign to Fix the Debt

Listening to these people talk about the national economy is like listening to a burglar tell you that you should really polish the silver more often … In a sensible world, the whole notion of taking seriously the economic proposals … Continue reading

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Private insurers have cost Medicare $282.6 billion in excess payments since 1985 | Physicians for a National Health Program

“Researchers say privately run Medicare Advantage plans have undermined traditional Medicare’s fiscal health and taken a heavy toll on taxpayers, seniors and the U.S. economy.” via Private insurers have cost Medicare $282.6 billion in excess payments since 1985 | Physicians … Continue reading

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