"… ext five years tacked on to the payments she gets for treating patients in Medicare. Or, if she cares for a certain number of low-income Medicaid patients, sh …"

"… rcing doctors and other providers to make the switch. But if they don’t, Medicare will begin deducting 1 percent of their payments in 2015. The penalty rise …"

"… pting target as Congress struggles to tighten the federal budget. (In May, Medicare officials distributed $75 million in the first round of bonus payments to …"

"… said Plant. Because of a quirk in how doctors in rural Oregon are paid by Medicare, they won’t qualify for the bonus payments under that program. They may …"

"… r of full implementation. But that's far less than what Social Security or Medicare or Medicaid each will cost that same year.The Minnesota Republican an …"

"… bout that. The fact is, however, that the actual costs of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are each far higher than the projected costs of the new healt …"

"… ss costs is high, but it pales in comparison to the spending forecasts for Medicare, Social Security or Medicaid in that same year.CBO projects that Social Se …"

"… ame year.CBO projects that Social Security will cost $938 billion in 2016. Medicare will cost roughly $725 billion in total outlays (and $619 billion in net o …"

"… ug-makers. Almost all of those same legislators voted in favor of the 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug Act, which led to a windfall of profits for the industry …"

"… hRMA-sponsored trips were taken in 2003, prior to the November vote on the Medicare prescription drug bill. The legislation created a taxpayer-funded prescrip …"

"… bout."The debate over possible conflicts of interest is highlighted by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003.Relman, a for …"

"… rmaceutical companies stood to benefit financially from the passage of the Medicare bill.Still, many members sponsoring bills have elected to maintain their p …"

"… fort to get people well.Much of that savings, he says, would accrue to the Medicare program, making it unnecessary for Congress to even consider eliminating b …"

"… for a new demonstration project that will target the high risk, high cost Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions. This Independence at Home …"

"… ation program, scheduled to begin January 1, 2012, will serve up to 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries. The idea to include the demonstration project in the r …"

"… its way through Congress.Markey and Wyden sent a letter to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in late June to ask that the demonstration project b …"