Author: Committee on Medicare Coverage ExtensionsDivision
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: services, preventive, coverage, medicare, extending
Number of Pages: 412
Published: 2000-04-07
List price: $80.75
ISBN-10: 0309068894
ISBN-13: 9780309068895

Reviews the scientific evidence and estimates the cost to Medicare for covering a variety of services, including skin cancer screening, dental services for certain seriously ill patients including those with lukemia, lymphoma, or heart valve disease, and immunosuppressive drugs for transplant recipients who have exceeded current time limits on coverage. Softcover.

Author: Committee on Medicare Payment Methodology for Clin
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: future, policy, payment, laboratory, medicare
Number of Pages: 241
Published: 2000-12-15
List price: $34.00
ISBN-10: 0309072662
ISBN-13: 9780309072663

Report provides the committee’s findings and recommendations for improvement in Medicare policy related to payment for outpatient clinical laboratory services. Committee seeks to reduce administrative complexity and foster more efficient and appropriate use of laboratory tests. Softcover.

Author: Committee on Medicare Coverage of Routine Thyroid
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: thyroid, dysfunction, screening, routine, coverage, medicare
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2003-07-31
List price: $33.75
ISBN-10: 0309088852
ISBN-13: 9780309088855

Text is a report from a committee formed for studying the economical impact of using a thyroid stimulating hormone test as a preventative benefit provided to Medicare beneficiaries under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act. Discusses the economics versus the health benefits of using this test routinely. Softcover.

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Publisher: CCH Health Law Preossfional Series
Keywords: explained, medicare
Published: 2004
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0808010824
ISBN-13: 9780808010821

Author: S. N. Colamery
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Keywords: background, issues, current, medicare
Number of Pages: 263
Published: 2003-04
List price: $69.00
ISBN-10: 1590336763
ISBN-13: 9781590336762

Medicare is an American health insurance programme for the aged and certain disabled persons. Over its nearly 35-year history, it has provided important protections for millions of Americans. However, the programme is facing a number of problems. One concern is that Medicare’s financing mechanisms will cease to function in the long run. Many are also concerned that the programmes structure, which in large measure reflects both the health care delivery system as well as political considerations in effect at the time of enactment, has failed to keep pace with the changes in the health care

Author: Marilyn Moon
Publisher: Urban Institute Press
Keywords: primer, policy, medicare
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2006-08-30
List price: $26.50
ISBN-10: 0877667535
ISBN-13: 9780877667537

For some, Medicare is a model of what national health insurance could be in the United States. Despite its low administrative costs and significant contributions to the well-being of America’s oldest and most disabled citizens, some critics assail the program as being out of sync with the needs of many senior citizens, while others often refer to it as "unsustainable" because of its high costs. Physicians and hospital administrators endlessly criticize and debate Medicare, but rely upon it for a substantial share of their revenues. In Medicare: A Policy Primer, Marilyn Moon explains what Med

Author: David Hyman
Publisher: Cato Institute
Keywords: mephistopheles, meets, medicare
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006-09-25
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1930865929
ISBN-13: 9781930865921

Let’s say you’re the devil, and you want to corrupt the American republic. How would you go about it? According to David Hyman, you might create something like Medicare, the federal health care program for the elderly. Hyman submits that Medicare may be the greatest trick the devil ever played. Medicare feeds on the avarice of doctors and other providers, turns seniors into health care gluttons, and makes regions of the United States green with envy over the dollars showered on other regions. The program exploits the sloth of government officials to increase the tax burden on worke