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Medicare Chief Actuary’s Alternative Report

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:04:20 +0000

Click here to read the Medicare Chief Actuary’s Alternative Report to the 2010 Medicare Trustees’ Report where for the first time in Medicare history, the Chief Actuary has called the projections in the Report “unreasonable” and “implausible.”

2010 Annual Report of the Medicare Trustees

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:54:12 +0000

Click here to read the 2010 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds

Letter to the Departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor from Senator Ensign

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:51:26 +0000

Click here to read the letter from Senator Ensign to the Departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor concerning rules in Obamacare that can negatively impact employers.

Congressional Research Service Study on New Entities Created Pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:31:24 +0000

Click here to reacd the Congressioinal Research Service report concerning the unknown amount of new entities created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Congressional Research Service Memorandum to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:08:45 +0000

Click here to read the Congressional Research Service memorandum to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension concerning high risk pools under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the coverage of elective abortion services.

Letter from Senators Enzi and Coburn to Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:59:10 +0000

Click here to read the letter from Senators Enzi and Coburn joined by 11 other Senators to Secretary Sebelius to express their concers that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) lack restrictions prohibiting states from using federal funding to pay for abortions.

Letter to Health and Human Services Sectretary Sebelius from Senators Grassley and Enzi

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:54:38 +0000

Click here to read to the letter to Health and Human Services Sectretary Sebelius from Senators Grassley and Enzi.

Congressional Budget Office letter to Chairman Stark of the Subcommittee on Health

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:49:18 +0000

Click here to read the Congressional Budget Office letter in response to Chairman Stark’s proposal to add a “public plan” to the options available through the health insurance exchanges established in 2014 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

Proposed Rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the Medicare Program

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:39:47 +0000

Click here to read the 1,250 page proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the Medicare Program payment policies under the physician fee schedule and other revision to Part B.

Senators Hatch and Gregg Urge the Medicare Trustees to Release Supplemental Information for their 2010 Report

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:15:23 +0000

Click here to read the letter from Senators Hatch and Gregg to the Medicare Trustees to urge them them to release supplemental information in the 2010 Medicare Trustees report “so that the public can caccurately assess the impact of the new health care law on the Medicare program.”