Medicare Insurance Plans News

President-Elect Predicts Trillion-Dollar TroubleTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:16PMObama warns of years of deficit spending to come unless policymakers "make a change in the way that Washington does business."

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-07 00:24 UPDATE 2-US Medicare proposes wider cancer scan coverageTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 5:49PMBy Susan Heavey

Medicare proposes wider cancer scan coverageTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 5:39PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials proposed paying for wider use of PET scans to help doctors decide the initial course of treatment in some cancer patients, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Tuesday.

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-06 22:09 UPDATE 1-US Medicare proposes wider cancer scan coverageTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 3:34PMWASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. health officials proposed paying for wider use of PET scans to help doctors decide the initial course of treatment in some cancer patients, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Tuesday. CMS said in a draft proposal that it would allow most Medicare patients to undergo one positron emission tomography (PET) scan, though exceptions may be made for ...

Chronic Illness Accounts for 75 Percent of Health SpendingTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:37PMOut-of-pocket costs vary dramatically by disease.