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	<title>medicare-medicaid.com &#187; Medicare Cuts</title>
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		<title>President Promises NO MEDICARE CUTS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seniors throughout he country are extremely concerned and worried about their Medicare benefits.  Everytime they hear the words "healthcare reform" they cringe, worried that as money continues to get tighter and cuts are made to many programs, they will lose critical and essential benefits that in many cases keep them alive and out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Cuts Could Cost More In Long Run</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been discussions about how to make Medicare work better since the beginning of time, or at least since the beginning of Medicare.  There are always at least two types of people when it comes to any situation - optimists and pessimists.  Somewhere in the middle lie the realists, and somewhere in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be Careful What You Vote For</title>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/be-careful-what-you-vote-for/</link>
		<comments>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/be-careful-what-you-vote-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General-Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Cuts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the economy in a mess these days and the presidential elections only a few weeks away, candidates and lawmakers are saying all sorts of things about what they will be doing to fix the problem.  They are “debating” about raising and lowering taxes, bailing out insurance companies and banks, and a thousand other ways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Passes Bill Stopping Medicare Cuts to Doctors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General-Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare recipients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Ac]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is good news today for doctors who treat Medicare recipients, and for those recipients who are their patients. 
Congress and the Bush Administration have been playing tug of war regarding proposed 10.6% cuts in payments to doctors treating patients on Medicare.  Doctors have said that they might have to stop treating these particular patients if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Fees to Doctors Begin Shrinking This Coming Week</title>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/medicare-fees-to-doctors-begin-shrinking-this-coming-week/</link>
		<comments>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/medicare-fees-to-doctors-begin-shrinking-this-coming-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Cuts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve been hearing about it in the news for months and it has become a critical issue waiting for a last minute pre-fourth of July solution for the crisis with Medicare fees for doctors.  The country – especially the seniors in this country – has been holding its breath waiting for Congress to put a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Cuts to Doctors Still Up in the Air</title>
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		<comments>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/medicare-cuts-to-doctors-still-up-in-the-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have all been hearing about he Bush Administration’s idea to cut payments to doctors seeing patients covered by Medicare.  The issue on the table has been to cut payments to doctors by 10%.  This would create a huge problem for Medicare recipients because many doctors would not be able to afford to continue seeing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Majority Leader tries to Allow Bus Legislation to Pass</title>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/senate-majority-leader-tries-to-allow-bus-legislation-to-pass/</link>
		<comments>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/senate-majority-leader-tries-to-allow-bus-legislation-to-pass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General-Medicare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bush Medicare plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Cuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With deadlines looming, there has been much discussion between members of Congress, CMS, physicians groups, Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and others trying to sort out a decent bill that would be fair to all in light of the Bush Medicare cuts that are proposed.
One of the latest situations to crop up is that Senate Majority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As if Nursing Homes Aren’t Enough…</title>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/as-if-nursing-homes-aren%e2%80%99t-enough%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/as-if-nursing-homes-aren%e2%80%99t-enough%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General-Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush Administration's Cuts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Physical Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Therapy Cuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every day we hear more and more information about Bush tax cuts, Medicare and Medicaid cuts and all sorts of issues that will confront the most vulnerable individuals in the country. 
There are members of Congress on both sides of the aisle who are not at all happy with the fact that Alzheimer’s patients and nursing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush Threatens Cutting Doctors’ Pay to Save Insurance Company Profits</title>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/bush-threatens-cutting-doctors%e2%80%99-pay-to-save-insurance-company-profits/</link>
		<comments>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/bush-threatens-cutting-doctors%e2%80%99-pay-to-save-insurance-company-profits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General-Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush Administration Vetos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Payments to Doctors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare pays Physicians Less]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physician's Payments Lowered]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As President Bush’s administration winds down, you would think he would give a few folks a break at home.  After all, all the candidates running to take Bush’s job are addressing issues such as the billions being spent on the war vs. the millions of dollars needed for programs at home, such as Medicare.
Even members [...]]]></description>
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