GET MEDICARE RIGHT IN 7 EASY STEPS! Step-by-Step Medicare enrollment and maintenance guidance from an expert in Medicare benefits. Get the most-up-to-date tips: When to Enroll.Avoid Costly Mistakes.Maximize YOUR Benefits.Get the Best Coverage & Medicine for Less.Know Your Rights.Avoid Scams & Fraudsters.How to Choose the Best Policy for YOU! Diane J. Omdahl, RN, MS, registered nurse and President and co-founder of i65, uses her extensive experience to provide seniors, their families, and...
What Are...Medicare Appeals?
by Jessica L Gustafson and Abby Pendleton
In 1965, the United States government enacted legislation to provide low-income individuals with quality health care and related services. Initially viewed as the friendless stepchild of Medicare, Medicaid has grown exponentially since its inception, becoming a formidable force of its own. Funded jointly by the national government and each of the fifty states, the program is now the fourth most expensive item in the federal budget and the second largest category of spending for almost every stat...
'The thing that haunts me most to this day is that blokes were dying and I could do bugger all about it - do you look after the bloke who you know is going to die or the bloke who's got a chance?' - Australian ex-POW doctor, 1999 During World War II, 22 000 Australian military personnel became prisoners of war under the Japanese military. Over three and a half years, 8000 died in captivity, in desperate conditions of forced labour, disease and starvation. Many of those who returned home after t...
Complete Guide to Medicaid & Nursing Home Costs
by Atlantic Publishing Group
Our growing national debt has dropped out of the headlines recently - but that doesn't mean that the problem has gone away. The national debt recently topped $17.5 trillion, and is projected to reach $27 trillion by 2024. Worse yet, if you include the unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare, the U.S. real indebtedness exceeds $83 trillion. Despite these undeniable facts, politicians from both parties continue to avoid making the difficult decisions that must be made. Social Security...
Collected Comments from the Center for Fiscal Equity to the United States Congress (Collected Comments, #3)
by Michael Bindner
Social Security, Medicare, and Pensions (Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions)
by Joseph Matthews and Dorothy Matthews Berman
Largely privately funded with relatively little public regulation, the United States healthcare system is both expensive and inefficient, providing poor care to large parts of the population. For decades, Americans have wrestled with how to fix their broken healthcare system. In this razor-sharp contribution to the healthcare debate, leading economist and former adviser to Bernie Sanders Gerald Friedman recommends that we build on what works: a Medicare system that already efficiently provide...
Recent policy debates about the future of Social Security and Medicare have been dominated by the issue of personal versus societal responsibility. Significant changes now being considered would increase the level of privatization and tilt these programs away from defined benefit toward defined contribution models. This annual volume of the National Academy of Social Insurance examines the concept of introducing choice into the Social Security and Medicare programs, how it would be defined and...
Cost Accounting for Healthcare Organizations (HFMA Healthcare Financial Management)
by Judith J. Baker