Latest United States National Health Care Act Stories

- New analysis of home health copayment suggests cost-sharing disproportionately impacts low-income seniors and leads to higher Medicare costs - WASHINGTON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Home health leaders today cautioned lawmakers on Capitol Hill that a cost-sharing requirement in the Medicare home health benefit could potentially have negative effects on many of the nation's 3.5 million home health beneficiaries and future Medicare costs. The Partnership for Quality...

Health Insurance Guaranteed, a pre existing condition health insurance company reviews the Impact of Health Bill in 2014 (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 The new healthcare bill proposes to have major ramifications in the lives and health of all Americans. However, not all the conditions were to be implemented or have an immediate impact as some might take up to 2014 to show anything. According to Health and Human Services (HHS), some states are currently moving forward to implement the health care...

LTC Tree launched a new website that offers up-to-date statistics and news about the Texas Long Term Care Insurance industry. LTC Texas provides Texans with tools to help them plan for retirement and Long Term Care needs. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 LTC Tree, a leader in the Long Term Care Insurance industry, launched a new website this week to help Texans plan for their Long Term Care needs. LTC Texas provides Texans with industry related information to assist them in retirement...

MediGap Providers is an internet based service that connects people with Medigap plans, prices, and options, especially Medicare Plan F. In October, Obamacare will start to roll out, and states all across the nation are ramping up to provide information, services, and adequately respond to the changes as they become law. Safety Harbor, FL (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 MediGap Providers is an internet based service that connects people with Medigap plans, prices, and options, especially Medicare...

Chances are you’ve heard some of the recent debate on whether or not to raise the Medicare eligibility age for most Americans from 65 to 67. San Marcos, TX (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 Some observers and politicians insist there is little choice but to raise the Medicare age to 67. With the US economy having seen better days, many people argue that the federal government is obligated to find ways to trim spending—and people calling for a rise in the Medicare eligibility age vehemently argue...

Collaborative solution improves success of transitional care for high-risk Medicare patients Reston, VA (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 Harmony Information Systems Inc., the leader in integrated health and human services management, announced today the general availability of Harmony for Care Transitions, a new web-based solution designed to improve the success of Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) focused on transitioning patients from hospital care back to their homes. Harmony for Care...

Instead of being more efficient, private insurers have cost Medicare almost $300 billion more over the life of the program A study published online today finds that the private insurance companies that participate in Medicare under the Medicare Advantage program and its predecessors have cost the publicly funded program for the elderly and disabled an extra $282.6 billion since 1985, most of it over the past eight years. In 2012 alone, private insurers were overpaid $34.1 billion....

LONDON, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jon Rouse, the Director General of Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships has told ITN Productions that the Care and Support Bill could transform the lives of thousands of elderly and disabled people in the UK. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121011/567198-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130513/613426 ) He said the draft bill has teeth and flexibility, setting out the rights...

Health Insurance Guaranteed, a supplemental health insurance company, announces increase of Medigap enrollment. Miami, FL (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 Medicare supplement (Medigap) insurance is private health insurance designed to supplement Medicare. It offers coverage, at varying levels, for the significant out-of-pocket costs that aren’t covered by Medicare, such as deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. Medigap coverage allows seniors and younger Medicare enrollees with disabilities -...

Low cognition hinders seniors' wise Medicare choices, calls into question potential effectiveness of voucher system Millions of seniors are turning down free money. The Low Income Subsidy for Medicare Part D is a rare beast in economics research. The subsidy provides prescription drug coverage essentially free for low-income adults. That means it is what economists call a dominant option. For those who are eligible, there is no rational reason not to choose it. And yet, a new study...