By Lauran Neergaard WASHINGTON — Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer’s disease — by testing possible therapies in people who don’t yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed. The most ambitious attempt: An international study announced Tuesday will track [...]
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Feds start clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer’s
Posted on 15 May 2012.
By Lauran Neergaard WASHINGTON — The clock is ticking: The first National Alzheimer’s Plan sets a deadline of 2025 to finally find effective ways to treat, or at least stall, the mind-destroying disease. The Obama administration is finalizing the landmark national strategy today, laying out numerous steps the government and private partners can take over [...]
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Medicare disruptions seen if health law is struck
Posted on 03 May 2012.
WASHINGTON — Tossing out President Barack Obama’s health care law would have major unintended consequences for Medicare’s payment systems, unseen but vital plumbing that handles 100 million monthly claims from hospitals and other service providers, the administration has quietly informed the courts. Although the law made significant cuts to providers and improved prescription and preventive [...]
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Aging workforce strains Social Security, Medicare
Posted on 24 April 2012.
By Stephen Ohlemacher WASHINGTON — An aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound are straining the long-term finances of Social Security and Medicare, the government’s two largest benefit programs. Those problems got new attention Monday as the trustees who oversee the massive programs released their annual financial reports. Medicare is in [...]
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Competition cuts down Medicare fraud
Posted on 19 April 2012.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar WASHINGTON — A yearlong experiment with competitive bidding for power wheelchairs, diabetic supplies and other personal medical equipment produced $200 million in savings for Medicare, and government officials said Wednesday they are expanding the pilot program in search of even greater dividends. The nine-city crackdown targeting waste and fraud has drawn a [...]
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Don’t wait for federal benefit checks in the mail
Posted on 16 April 2012.
By Stephen Ohlemacher WASHINGTON — Starting next year, the check will no longer be in the mail for millions of people who receive Social Security and other government benefits. The federal government issues 73 million payments a month, but is phasing out paper checks for all benefit programs. So beneficiaries will have to get payments [...]
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