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Medicare Medical (Part B) premium varies with income
Medicare Medical (Part B) coverage helps pay for doctors services and outpatient care along with other services. Most people incorrectly think that the costs of providing Medicare Part B coverage are...
Posted on 5/20/13 at 3:49 PM
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Got a Medicare supplement? It’s time to put on your sneakers!
By Denise Pinkney Were excited to offer the SilverSneakers Fitness Program to our Medicare supplement members. SilverSneakers is an exercise program designed to keep older adults active and healthy....
Posted on 11/28/12 at 10:44 AM
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Today's Ask Your Government
Dear Teri, My question is: Is there a way to have a different number on ones Medicare card? My concern: After years of locking up my Social Security number, I was amazed to find it is now my Medicare...
Posted on 2/4/12 at 9:29 PM
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The next big health story
What's going to be the big health story of 2012 - health care reform? The impact of state and federal health spending cuts? Nope. The next attention-grabbing story could well be about the future of M...
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:42 PM
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89 charged in Medicare fraud busts in 8 cities

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 100 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-funded program for roughly $223 million in bogus charges in a massive bust spanning eight cities, federal authorities said Tuesday.

By Kelli Kennedy and Pete Yost, Associated Press , May 14, 2013

Ad shows health care benefits for Native Americans

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota officials are launching a video campaign on an exclusive Native American TV network to talk about health care benefits.

February 03, 2013

High court rejects Medicare challenge

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge from former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and other Social Security recipients who say they have the right to reject Medicare in favor of continuing health coverage from private insurers.

By Associated Press , January 07, 2013

Medicare fining for readmissions

WASHINGTON — If you or an elderly relative have been hospitalized recently and noticed extra attention when the time came to be discharged, there’s more to it than good customer service.

By Ricardo Alsona-Zaldivar, Associated Press , October 01, 2012

Obama hits Romney with new Medicare study

ORLANDO, Fla. — President Barack Obama is drawing new attention to Medicare in the all-important battleground of Florida, taking on his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on an issue that has been more favorable to Democrats.

By By Jim Kuhnhenn and Matthew Daly, Associated Press , September 09, 2012

AARP hosting listening session

AARP North Dakota will hold a listening session on Social Security and Medicare at a public meeting in Jamestown from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Gladstone Inn & Suites.

May 09, 2012

Auditors call for end to Medicare bonus program

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rebuke to the Obama administration, government auditors are calling for the cancellation of an $8 billion Medicare program that congressional Republicans have criticized as a political ploy.

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press , April 23, 2012

Anti-fraud effort disappoints

WASHINGTON (AP) — Launched last summer, a $77 million computer system to stop Medicare fraud before it happens had prevented just one suspicious payment by Christmas. That saved taxpayers exactly $7,591.

By Kelli Kennedy and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press , February 23, 2012

GOP senators unveil new Medicare overhaul plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican senators unveiled a Medicare overhaul Thursday that features an accelerated transition to private health insurance for many seniors, a gradual increase in the eligibility age, and higher premiums for middle-class and upper-income retirees.

February 16, 2012

N.D. Medicare event to be held Nov. 2

North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm recently reminded state residents that the annual enrollment period for Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage has changed to Oct. 15 through Dec. 7.

October 25, 2011

Officials: Some may miss Medicare program’s early enrollment deadline

Officials worry that an early enrollment deadline for the Medicare prescription drug program this year could leave some beneficiaries with an outdated plan.

By By Patrick Springer, Forum Communications Co. , October 22, 2011

Medicare costs to reduce Social Security increase

WASHINGTON — That didn't last long. About 55 million Social Security recipients will get their first increase in benefits next year since 2009 — a 3.6 percent raise.

By By Stephen Ohlemacher, The Associated Press , October 20, 2011

Rural states to lobby for Medicare provision

Health leaders from the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming plan to travel to the nation's capital this week to try to salvage future Medicare payments.

October 17, 2011

Medicare Advantage premiums dip, enrollment rising

September 15, 2011

Letter to the editor: Frontier States Amendment makes Medicare more fair

As congressional leaders work to quickly create a debt-reduction package, one grievous cut proposed is a provision in last year’s health care reform law that restores fair Medicare funding to six sparsely populated states including North Dakota.

By John R. Sakariassen , July 30, 2011

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