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    Medicare Payments

    Health care officials spoke at an Alliance for Health Reform and Kaiser Family Foundation forum on the launch of the Medicare and Medicaid Services' new way to pay for Medicare services. The…

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    Affordable Care Act Update

    Panelists talked about the status of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Dan Durham said that repealing or delaying the health care law’s individual mandate would be a bad idea. H…

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    Health Care Spending

    Medicare officials and representatives from private health insurance companies spoke about U.S. health care costs and projections for spending on health care. Among the issues they addressed…

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    Prescription Drug Out-of-Pocket Expenses

    The Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a news conference and talked about the results of their study of "Out-of-Pocket Medicare Prescription Drug Costs".

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    Americans Without Health Insurance

    Ms. Wilenski and Ms. Moon talked about health care insurance, the number of uninsured Americans, and potential solutions to the problem of underinsurance. They also responded to viewer comme…

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    Medicare Reform Legislation

    Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate passed different versions of Medicare prescription drug legislation in July. Experts talked about what is in the differing versions…

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    Medicare Improvements

    The Senate Finance Committee held this hearing about reforming Medicare policy to provide prescription drug benefits to seniors. Among the issues they addressed were the costs associated wit…

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    Medicare Beneficiary Costs

    Participants talked about the rising out-of-pocket expenses paid by Medicare recipients. Among the topics addressed were prescription drug costs, premium costs, and the state of the health c…

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    Medicare and the Social Contract

    Panelists discussed the future of Medicare as part of the American “social contract.” They talked about the many facets of Medicare, including funding for residents, and home health service…

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    Social Security Reform

    Ms. Moon and Mr. Penner discussed the need to reform the Social Security system. They stressed the importance of informing the public in advance of any programs changes so that people can ad…

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    Social Security Reform Part 3

    Members of the first and second panels took questions from a demographically selected audience. They examined the principles for Social Security reform and various alternatives, including di…

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    Social Security Reform Part 2

    Gwen Ifill moderated a discussion among scholars of the problems facing Social Security. They examined how the system can be changed to uphold benefit promises, which included some options t…

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    Medicare and the Federal Budget

    Health care policy experts discussed federal budget proposals affecting Medicare and possible solutions for maintaining the program’s long term viability. They focused on Medicare payments t…

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    Washington Journal: Thursday

    Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

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    Social Security Trustees Report

    The Senate Finance Subcommittee heard testimony on the Social Security trustees' annual report which said that in 75 years, the Social Security System will be bankrupt. Social Security Admin…

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    Washington Thursday Journal

    Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

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    Medicare and Medicaid Issues

    House and Senate Democrats heard testimony concerning both Democratic and Republican Medicare and Medicaid proposals. Several witnesses testified as to how these proposals would affect benef…

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    Health Reform and Spending Trends

    Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) moderated a forum on private health care spending trends. Participants discussed the rising costs of public and private health care plans and how th…

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    State of Medicaid and Medicare Part 2

    Committee members heard testimony on the state of the government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs. Medicare provides health care to more than 36 million senior citizens and disabled individu…

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    Health Insurance Reform

    The Alliance for Heath Care Reform hosted a panel discussion on the future of health care. The discussion focused on the impact of reforms on the U.S. economy, the health care industry and t…

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