"… ealth care costs and aging populations, which increase Social Security and Medicare costs.Last year, Social Security ran its first cash deficit in 25 years, a …"

"… o control the growth of health care costs, but the CBO and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have expressed concern about whether these cost-cont …"

"… t-control measures are sustainable. For example, payment rates for certain Medicare services will be reduced by relying on economy-wide productivity gains.The …"

"… ollar of federal revenue will be spent on interest costs, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.Following are other new watchdog reports released by the Gov …"

"… st to U.S. economy: more than $41 billion in 2007• $60 billion stolen in Medicare fraud each year• 2.5 million toxic toys recalled in summer of 2007• $1 …"

"… percent. IRS audit staff slashed by 30 percent• $431.5 billion spent on Medicare in 2007, double amount in 2001• 47 dead in mining accidents in 2006 blam …"

"… esentation on a little-known committee that wields powerful influence over Medicare payments.Dr. Lori Heim, board chair of the group that represents family do …"

"… s among the 29 physicians on the RUC, a group that advises the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the relative values of medical procedures …"

"… ed by specialists. Primary care physicians provide more than 40 percent of Medicare-paid office visits.Technically, the RUC simply recommends procedure values …"

"… a conflict of interest allowing physicians a key role in determining what Medicare pays them. The workings of the RUC and the controversy over its practices …"

"… down on fraud in federal health programs for the poor and the elderly.The Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayer Dollars Act, introd …"

"… includes a provision that would require all prescriptions paid for by the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan include a valid physician identifier. That i …"

"… ugs frequently trafficked on the street. The story also reported that some Medicare scammers have stolen the identities of dead physicians to bill Medicare fo …"

"… me Medicare scammers have stolen the identities of dead physicians to bill Medicare for drugs under the plan.In addition to requiring valid prescriber numbers …"

"… tsman was off by $1 trillion or more when he claimed that Social Security, Medicare and interest payments would consume "every dollar of federal revenue" with …"

"… a decade, every dollar of federal revenue will go to covering the costs of Medicare, Social Security and interest payments on our debt.That's not even close t …"

"… "baseline" spending in 2021. Those projections show that Social Security, Medicare and net interest payments on the debt would consume $3.08 trillion in 2021 …"

"… s will be allowed to take effect. And spending will probably be higher for Medicare, since CBO is obliged to assume that Congress won't ease scheduled cuts in …"

"… 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 …"

"… are Act (a.k.a., Obamacare) will create government-run death panels in the Medicare program.Sarah Palin started the death panel fabrication when she claimed d …"

"… she claimed during the health care reform debate that a proposal to allow Medicare to reimburse doctors for talking to their patients about advance directive …"

"… rnment. He says a new board created by Congress to look for ways to reduce Medicare spending would have to operate those panels. .“Under this IPAB (Independ …"

"… p. “At least on the surface, it looks pretty egregious,” she said. …"

"… am in 2007 for fraud, then submitted more than $1 million in fake bills to Medicare Advantage insurers.Dr. Larry Bernhard, a podiatrist from Gambrills Md., la …"

"… m Gambrills Md., last week pled guilty to submitting hundreds of claims to Medicare Advantage on behalf of nursing home patients he did not treat. In one case …"

"… he second time the podiatrist admitted to defrauding the government-funded Medicare program.In October 2007, Bernhard was ordered to repay more than $12,000 f …"

"… did create jobs.That national TV spot features a woman saying that "mom's Medicare will be cut." But the implication that the health care law takes away Medi …"

"… care will be cut." But the implication that the health care law takes away Medicare benefits is misleading. Extra benefits under Medicare Advantage plans are …"

"… care law takes away Medicare benefits is misleading. Extra benefits under Medicare Advantage plans are likely to be reduced, but the law actually expands tra …"

"… e plans are likely to be reduced, but the law actually expands traditional Medicare benefits, such as adding more prescription drug coverage.AnalysisThis roun …"

"… son …"

"… Republican plan to change Medicare, claiming the GOP proposal says "no to Medicare, no to seniors."The plan proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin woul …"

"… e plan proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin would radically change Medicare, but it wouldn't put an end to government health care for seniors. Instead …"

"… July 22 on a one-week, $150,000 buy. They refer to Ryan's plan to overhaul Medicare when they show MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell saying "the Republican budget re …"