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  • Deals cut with health groups may be at peril 6 Dec 2009 06:30 GMT
    ... additional cost-control requirements on hospitals, doctors and drug companies, squeezing out savings beyond the considerable ... board that would determine the future of Medicare, raising the possibility of cuts much deeper ... I-Conn., Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, aimed at improving quality and lowering costs ...

  • Senate wrestles with health-care amendments 6 Dec 2009 08:49 GMT
    ... additional cost-control requirements on hospitals, doctors and drug companies, squeezing out savings beyond the considerable ... board that would determine the future of Medicare, raising the possibility of cuts much deeper ... I-Conn., Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, aimed at improving quality and lowering costs ...

  • Obama's Sunday on Capitol Hill 6 Dec 2009 20:36 GMT
    ... and Richard Gephardt weigh in. Does cutting Medicare spending on home health aides make good ... doctors and nurses make too much, and drug companies set high prescription prices. A look ... made by a certain Republican senator from Maine. Some critics say that the employer mandate ...

  • Deals cut on health bill may be at peril 6 Dec 2009 09:58 GMT
    ... (I-Conn.), Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), aimed at improving quality and lowering costs ... (D-N.D.) that would permit U.S. pharmacies and drug wholesalers to import lower-priced medications from other ... to offer discounts worth $80 billion to Medicare patients in exchange for the promise of ...

  • Senate health bill inches forward (Yesterday) 6 Dec 2009 06:36 GMT
    ... voted to keep nearly $500 billion in Medicare spending cuts in the bill, rejecting an ... deal between the White House and the drug industry to contribute $80 billion to help ... the bill, along with Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). The Senate ...

  • 'Medicare Advantage' at Issue in Senate 4 Dec 2009 17:19 GMT
    ... and Richard Gephardt weigh in. Does cutting Medicare spending on home health aides make good ... doctors and nurses make too much, and drug companies set high prescription prices. A look ... made by a certain Republican senator from Maine. Some critics say that the employer mandate ...

  • Senate votes to reject Medicare cuts; Reid discusses next anticipated amendments 4 Dec 2009 05:32 GMT
    ... have stripped more than $400 billion in Medicare cuts from the health care bill. The ... has been in talks with the two Maine Republicans" (Budoff Brown, 12/3).  : "Dorgan's drug re-importation amendment is another significant hurdle. Allowing ...

  • Senate Votes to Guarantee Current Medicare Benefits 3 Dec 2009 21:52 GMT
    ... and Richard Gephardt weigh in. Does cutting Medicare spending on home health aides make good ... doctors and nurses make too much, and drug companies set high prescription prices. A look ... made by a certain Republican senator from Maine. Some critics say that the employer mandate ...

  • Senators consider women's insurance amendment, Medicare funding issues, with votes likely today 2 Dec 2009 17:02 GMT
    ... and Republicans vowing to preserve and protect Medicare for older Americans. The Democrats' first amendment, offered ... Jensen, 12/2). The :"Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), a centrist who objects to portions of ... a coverage gap in the Medicare prescription drug benefit by equipping eligible Medicare beneficiaries with ...

  • Medicare Groups Rebut McCain Measure 2 Dec 2009 22:01 GMT
    ... doctors and nurses make too much, and drug companies set high prescription prices. A look ... new Congressional Budget Report on how prescription drugs are advertised. The future of Africa and ... made by a certain Republican senator from Maine. Some critics say that the employer mandate created ...

  • Orszag: Medicare Cost Panel Could Be Strengthened 2 Dec 2009 18:09 GMT
    ... doctors and nurses make too much, and drug companies set high prescription prices. A look ... Web. Side-by-side maps of obesity rates and Medicare reimbursement expenditures around the country. And whether ... made by a certain Republican senator from Maine. Some critics say that the employer mandate ...

  • Washington Post: Reid's recipe for getting health-care deal done 4 Dec 2009 17:02 GMT
    ... the Senate bill, an increase in the Medicare payroll tax for high earners, has raised ... raised concerns with Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (Maine). Snowe, the only Republican who has been ... businesses. Two pending amendments related to Medicare drug benefits are potentially worrisome to Democratic leaders. ...

  • Reid Leads Deal Making on Health Reform 4 Dec 2009 17:41 GMT
    ... the Senate bill, an increase in the Medicare payroll tax for high earners, has raised ... raised concerns with Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (Maine). Snowe, the only Republican who has been ... businesses. Two pending amendments related to Medicare drug benefits are potentially worrisome to Democratic leaders. ...

  • Critics question Daschle's role -- 'Stop Stupak' day -- Coming soon: New public option -- Tom Coburn's message to seniors: 'you're gonna die sooner' 2 Dec 2009 12:20 GMT
    ... Democrats, as well as Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). In an interview, Carper acknowledged that Reid's ... Reid's bill expands 'the scope of the drug discount program to $100 billion in drug ... would expand the scope of the bill's Medicare commission to allow the panel to consider ...

  • Home Care Patients Worry Over Possible Cuts 5 Dec 2009 11:17 GMT
    ... to check her condition and review the medications she takes for chronic pain, heart failure, ... week. As they are across the nation, Medicare patients and nurses in this town in northern Maine are anxiously following the Congressional debate because ...


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