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	<title>Medicare and More &#187; affordable care act medicare</title>
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		<title>Is there a future for Medicare Advantage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage plans will be paid less money by Medicare next year, and the year after that. The Affordable Care Act will limit Medicare Advantage administrative costs and profits to 15% of revenues (almost all it coming from Medicare). Democrats don&#8217;t like Medicare Advantage because it is seen as a movement to privatize Medicare by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obamacare:  Does your health insurance have a lifetime limit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 15:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a call last week from a woman who has a health insurance policy with a $100,000 lifetime coverage limit. This means the insurance company won’t pay any more than $100,000 in insurance claims for this lady, who is 61 years old.  When the limit is met, the insurance policy is canceled &#8211; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare, Customer Satisfaction, and Hospital Bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 15:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kaiser Health News reported on Medicare&#8217;s plans to change the way it pays hospitals.   Here are some excerpts from the story. Medicare took its broadest step yet in moving away from its traditional hospital payment method, finalizing a plan to alter reimbursements based on the quality of care hospitals provide and patients’ satisfaction during their [...]]]></description>
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