Medicare veto override a triumph for single-payer advocates, Krugman writes - 7/21/08 Medicare fee cut threatened again; AMA to fight for balance billing - 12/21/07 Medicare changing rules for hospital payments - 12/16/07 Open enrollment for Medicare MSAs, Nov 15–Dec 31, 2007 - 12/4/07 Abuses found as “private plans” chase Medicare beneficiaries - 5/11/07 Medicare trustees issue unprecedented warning - 5/7/07 AARP signs contracts with Aetna and UnitedHealth Group - 5/5/07 IRS wants to use Medicare to help collect delinquent taxes - 3/26/07 Physicians have until Feb 14 to change Medicare participation status; fee schedule changes and new Medicare Advantage Plans may spur them to do so - 1/15/07 CMS rules cut physician pay up to 20% - 11/6/06 Doctors Oppose AMA Efforts to Halt Medicare Pay Cuts - 9/13/2006 Medicare pays $275 million for “quality” data that doctors call useless - 09/1/06 Medicare’s financial problems deepen, Trustees say - 05/06/06 New study on Medicare’s hidden administrative costs - 01/15/06 California physicians turning away new patients - 01/11/06 Experts advise seniors to skip Part D scramble - 12/18/05 AAPS News Release - DOCTORS TELL CONGRESS: KEEP YOUR MEDICARE MONEY! Oppose Pay Raise, Support More Autonomy Instead - 12/16/2005 Medicare Payment Rates: TELL CONGRESS: “IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MEDICARE MONEY; IT’S ABOUT FREEDOM” - 12/16/2005 States object to Medicare “clawback” - 7/5/05 Limits on Medicare commitment to be considered - 4/30/05 Medicare beneficiaries have to “adjust their expectations,” say Trustees - 4/7/05 Social Security will be flat broke, President Bush says. - 1/20/05 Office of Inspector General warns physicians against charging Medicare patients “extra fees.” - 4/8/2004 Medicare bankruptcy date moved up 7 years - 3/24/2004 Press Release - President's Education Bill Could Hold Key to Medicare Overhall - 07/17/2001 Press Release on Clinton Medicare Proposal - 6/29/99
