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		<title>What is a Health Opportunity Account?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a new twist in health insurance that some states have initiated to give Medicaid recipients an extra choice in their health care  This new provision is called a Health Opportunity Account.
The Health Opportunity Account is an account an individual who has high-deductible health insurance or who has Medicaid can use to offset some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/general-medicaid/state-medicaid-programs/what-is-a-health-opportunity-account/</link>
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		<title>Indiana Expands Health Insurance Program for Kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you live in Indiana and you have children, there may be some good news coming your way.  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded the Children’s Health Insurance Program.  Under the expansion, if you are a family that earns less than 2 ½ times the poverty level, you can be eligible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/indiana-expands-health-insurance-program-for-kids/</link>
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		<title>Idaho Medicare Recipients Need to Beware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is becoming too common to hear about fraudulent and dishonest individuals trying to either frighten or trick Medicare recipients – especially seniors – into either changing their coverage to inferior plans or giving out personal and sensitive information so they can use it for various types of fraud.
Yesterday, in Pocatello, Idaho there was an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/fraud-and-abuse/idaho-medicare-recipients-need-to-beware/</link>
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		<title>Medicare Recipients Need to Look Carefully at Private Fee-For-Service Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Private Fee-For-Service Plans are Medicare Supplemental Plans that are offered by private insurance companies as part of Medicare Advantage.  There are some policies that are excellent and offer good coverage but not all of them offer what individuals need.  Though many plans sound great, it is essential that Medicare recipients thoroughly research any plans that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/medicare-recipients-need-to-look-carefully-at-private-fee-for-service-plans/</link>
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		<title>Andrew Cuomo Targeting Fraudsters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It may seem like New York doesn’t have many scams (just kidding), but one scam that is very real and is being addressed by New York’s Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is home health care fraud that is paid for with Medicaid dollars. 
Cuomo has started “Operation Home Alone” which is a new program that is rooting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/andrew-cuomo-targeting-fraudsters/</link>
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		<title>Financial Help Available for Medicare Recipients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are receiving Medicare benefits but even with prescription coverage do not have enough money for drugs or premium, there is help available through the Social Security Administration.
Many people are not aware of this assistance.  The assistance is $3,600 that can go toward your prescriptions or your premiums.  This assistance is available once every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/financial-help-available-for-medicare-recipients/</link>
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		<title>Understanding What is Happening With Medicare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we look at the Medicare system of healthcare for individuals age 65 and above, it is important to look at the amount of coverage seniors receive, the amount of co-pays and other out-of-pocket expenses they are responsible for and just how it all works in today’s economy.
With the economy as it is currently, it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/understanding-what-is-happening-with-medicare/</link>
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		<title>Medicaid Covers Essure Procedure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Birth Control has become an intense topic during the past few decades.  No matter what side of the debate you are on, there is some type of controversy.  In response, there are a variety of birth control medications and procedures available to women today. 
In the past, women who wanted or needed an effective method of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/medicaid-covers-essure-procedure/</link>
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		<title>Medicare Quality Initiative Improves Nursing Home Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It hasn’t been long since we have seen the overzealous use of restraints in nursing homes.  In fact, restraints are still in use now – mostly legitimately – however; too many times they are  used too much and for the wrong situations.
A Medicare initiative through Lumetra has helped reduce the use of restraints in nursing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/nursing-homes/medicare-quality-initiative-improves-nursing-home-care/</link>
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		<title>Help To Unscramble the Medicare Maze</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medicare used to be one basic program with very few – or no – variables.  You got what you got, it paid what it paid, the doctors were pretty familiar with it and so were Medicare recipients.  Sometimes the payment was slow getting to the doctors, but everyone knew that was how it was and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/help-to-unscramble-the-medicare-maze/</link>
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		<title>Arizona’s Hospital Choice Website Compares More Than Just Prices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Hospital and Health Care Association launched a new web site Tuesday called the Hospital Choice Web Site.  This is an innovative move to help consumers determine costs at hospitals throughout Arizona.  The site compares average charges, lengths of stay, and the number of procedures performed at each hospital.
This is extremely important for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/general-medicaid/state-medicaid-programs/arizona%e2%80%99s-hospital-choice-website-compares-more-than-just-prices/</link>
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		<title>Medicaid Offers New Home Health Option</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over ten years ago, a woman in New Jersey heeded home care with basic daily needs after a serious illness.  Medicaid would pay for a home health worker to come into her home and help care for her; however the overtaxed New Jersey home health care system had no available workers. 
The woman’s daughter did not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/general-medicaid/medicaid-offers-new-home-health-option/</link>
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		<title>Medicare Has a Heart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A stunning and positive development has taken place with regard to Medicare coverage.  The Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved coverage for the artificial heart, manufactured and distributed by Abiomed.
This is a huge step forward.  With heart-related illness and issues comprising a very large percentage of hospitalizations and deaths, there has been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/medicare-has-a-heart/</link>
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		<title>Skilled Nursing Rehab and Medicare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Understanding how Skilled Nursing Rehab works and where Medicare fits in is extremely important.  There are a lot of facts that can affect your situation and create some serious issues for you if you or someone in your family needs this type of care.
The way Medicare handles Skilled Nursing Rehab is that the original Medicare [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/nursing-homes/skilled-nursing-rehab-and-medicare/</link>
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		<title>What is the Medicare Buy-In Program?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medicare benefits are usually thought of as being only for those people age 65 and over.  However, there are exceptions to this.  There are individuals with disabilities and others who are eligible for Medicare.
There is a program called the Medicare Buy-In Program which includes QMB (Qualified Medicare Beneficiary) and also SLMB (Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary).  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/what-is-the-medicare-buy-in-program/</link>
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		<title>Does Long Term Care Fit into The Future of Medicare and Medicaid?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New England Journal of Medicine recently released an article regarding the place that Long Term Care will play in the future.  Because it affects such a large part of the population, it is an important topic to tackle.
The article brought out that there are serious flaws in the long term care system and that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/general-medicaid/does-long-term-care-fit-into-the-future-of-medicare-and-medicaid/</link>
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		<title>Medicare’s Personal Health Records Pilot in South Carolina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As of Monday, thousands of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in fee-for-service plans will be able to access their doctor and hospital claims online as part of a new pilot program in South Carolina.  This Personal Health Pilot is a new program from the Center for Medicare Services (CMS) and will help thousands of Medicare beneficiaries.
CMS has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services-cms/medicare%e2%80%99s-personal-health-records-pilot-in-south-carolina/</link>
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		<title>Finally, Some Good News for Medicare Recipients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Durable equipment, such as wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds and other medical equipment has long been the subject of frustration because of their costs.  If an individual has Medicare, often Medicare pays for some or all of these items, with little cost to the recipient.
 
However, the costs of much of this equipment are extremely high, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare-categories/home-medical-equipment-hme/finally-some-good-news-for-medicare-recipients/</link>
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		<title>Medicaid to Involve more Home Health Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During the past decade or more, there has been a push by citizens, advocates and, yes, even congress, to allow individuals to have home health care rather than staying in a facility.  As many of us know, a person that can live at home and interact in the community, while being taken care of medically, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/general-medicaid/medicaid-to-involve-more-home-health-care/</link>
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		<title>Medicaid and Tax Rebate Checks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people who are Medicaid recipients know that their income must stay below a certain level in order for them to maintain their Medicaid eligibility and benefits.  Therefore, they must carefully check their finances so that they do not exceed that amount and lose their benefits.  This is critical, since Medicaid is a lifeline for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/general-medicaid/medicaid-and-tax-rebate-checks/</link>
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