Medicare's

Mr. Obama's proposal does this through a commission designed to make broad recommendations for spending on Medicare, known as Medicare's Independent Payment Advisory Board, starting in 2018.

Obama Seeks Medicare Savings, Rejects GOP Plan Janet Adamy 2011

released data on average premiums for Medicare Part D, also known as Medicare's prescription drug benefit.

Forbes.com: News Avik Roy 2011

Medicare's inspector general recommended three-year surveys in 2007, but the acting administrator of HHS that year, Leslie Norwalk, said the department lacked the money to do it.

Hospice lobbyists battle over Medicare payment system 2011

Regarding "' Death Panels' Come Back to Life " by David B. Rivkin Jr. and Elizabeth Price Foley op-ed, Dec. 30: Medicare's decision to reimburse physicians for end-of-life discussions is born of a compelling necessity.

End of Life Counseling Isn't at All Like a Death Panel 2011

Some hospitals overpay for medical devices, which could potentially add to Medicare's costs, a GAO report says.

What's News: World-Wide 2012

The finding is based on data from more than 55 million patients in Medicare's conventional fee-for-service program who were hospitalized for heart failure between 1999 and 2008.

Heart Failure Puts Fewer in Hospital Ron Winslow 2011

Adjusting Medicare's eligibility age and asking some patients to share more of the cost of care are safer budget options than cutting spending at the bedside.

Cooking the Books on Grandma's Health Care Betsy McCaughey 2011

Mr. Ryan said he was working on a new proposal with Sen. Ron Wyden D., Ore. to address Medicare's fiscal problems but said Mr. Obama and top Democrats are not a part of this conversation.

Budget Sets Stage for Year-End Clash Damian Paletta 2012

Your editorial " The Bush-Obama Rx Shortages " (Nov. 2), no doubt for reasons of space, omits a key feature of Medicare's 2003 payment scheme: the Average Sales Price (ASP) reimbursement methodology, which is leading to shortages of generic anti-cancer drugs.

It Is Easy to Explain Shortages of Prescription Drugs 2011

The Congressional Budget Office projected last month that Medicare's primary trust fund would exhaust its reserves by 2022, which means the program would have to cut benefits if Congress doesn't provide more funding.

Budget Sets Stage for Year-End Clash Damian Paletta 2012