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	<title>Medicare and More &#187; Medicare</title>
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		<title>Medicare: Can seniors afford to pay more?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/08/15/medicare-can-seniors-afford-to-pay-more/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/08/15/medicare-can-seniors-afford-to-pay-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know… The average income of Medicare beneficiaries is less than $22,000 per year. Medicare beneficiaries already pay more out of pocket for health care than people without Medicare. Higher income people with Medicare already pay higher premiums for Medicare than other Medicare beneficiaries. This information was provided by the Center for Medicare Advocacy.]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Voices: video</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/08/01/medicare-voices-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been talking to seniors about their thoughts on Medicare, the debate over making changes to the program, and what Medicare means to them. I thought it would be interesting to see and hear seniors talk about Medicare.]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare is too generous. Seniors take advantage.</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/07/14/medicare-is-too-generous-seniors-take-advantage/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/07/14/medicare-is-too-generous-seniors-take-advantage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicare does not require seniors to pay enough of their health care costs. Seniors go to the doctor too much.  Medicare supplement insurance makes these problems worse and contributes to out-of-control Medicare spending. These are the conclusions in a recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal titled, &#8220;Why Medicare Patients See the Doctor Too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform and Medicare in 2011</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/01/18/health-care-reform-and-medicare-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/01/18/health-care-reform-and-medicare-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Republicans want to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act which impacts a broad range of medical and health  insurance issues.  Many of the reforms are actually quite popular with the public.  Here are some changes that will affect Medicare beneficiaries in 2011. Medicare will increase payments for primary care services by 10 percent. This increase applies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Will Reward Arizona Advantage Plans</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/11/26/medicare-will-reward-arizona-advantage-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/11/26/medicare-will-reward-arizona-advantage-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Good news for Medicare Advantage plans in Arizona!   In what Kaiser Health News called a &#8220;surprising move&#8221;, the Obama administration &#8220;will extend special bonus payments meant to reward top-performing Medicare Advantage plans to those that score only average ratings&#8221;. With most Advantage plans in Arizona rated as average (3 stars), our plans will get additional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking to the Medicare Boss</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/11/16/talking-to-the-medicare-boss/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/11/16/talking-to-the-medicare-boss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday I participated in a conference call with the Head of CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) and I got to ask a question as well as offer some advice about the Medicare.gov Plan Finder. First, I pointed out to the top administrator of Medicare, Dr. Don Berwick, and his assistants on the call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare and Healthcare Reform</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/23/medicare-and-healthcare-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/23/medicare-and-healthcare-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to a client this weekend and she is clearly not a fan of “Obamacare”, as she called it.  As we talked, she raised several of her concerns about the future of Medicare and health care in general.  I thought it was interesting that each of her concerns is addressed under the Affordable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did You Know This About Medicare?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/16/did-you-know-this-about-medicare/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/16/did-you-know-this-about-medicare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saul Friedman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, often writes about Medicare.  I&#8217;ve provided excerpts here from a recent piece of his in which he introduces some information that was news to me.   For example, I have questioned why the majority of  provisions in the Affordable Care Act will not take effect until 2014 &#8211; but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Business of Medicare:  Humana Medicare Advantage Enrollment Rose 19%</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/05/the-business-of-medicare-humana-medicare-advantage-enrollment-rose-19/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/08/05/the-business-of-medicare-humana-medicare-advantage-enrollment-rose-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Health Care reform has not slowed down insurance company Humana, a major player in the Medicare Advantage market. Humana&#8217;s first-quarter net income (profit) was $258.8 million, compared with $205.7 million a year earlier. Revenue rose 9.5 percent to $8.44 billion. Enrollment in its Medicare Advantage plans rose 19 percent to 1.74 million members. Here is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday, Medicare!</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/07/30/happy-birthday-medicare/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/07/30/happy-birthday-medicare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services celebrates the 45th anniversary of Medicare, the Federal health care program that guarantees health security and coverage for people over 65 and younger people with disabilities. “Forty-five years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, giving former President Harry S. Truman and his [...]]]></description>
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