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Business Notes June 16

...call 829-9307.? Horizon Health's Hospice Program receives Medicare certificationPIERZ - Horizon Health's Hospice Program was recently certified to provide Medicare services. Hospice, Horizon Health's newest addition in their already...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2013-06-14/business-notes-june-16
Business

...Nearly 60 percent of those surveyed underestimated the cost of a nursing home, which averages more than $6,700 a month.Medicare doesn't pay for the most common types of long-term care. Yet 37 percent of those surveyed mistakenly think it will pay...

http://brainerddispatch.com/lifestyle/2013-06-12
Lifestyle
What if our family's premium is half of our income?

...Affordable Care Act, filling the gaps in Medicare coverage and laws governing health plans...coinsurance for charges not covered by Medicare. Are there changes planned in 2014 to...cover me?A. Approximately one in four Medicare beneficiaries has a Medigap supplemental...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2013-06-07/what-if-our-familys
Guest Columns
Koering's concern

...concerned if the bill was from St. Mathias Bar and Grill than Red Lobster? He should look at the insurance for life, even after Medicare, for some of the retired employees, and if current employees/staff have the same option.Raymond Lyle SewellFort Ripley

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-05-31/koerings-concern
Open Forum
Death penalty

...penalty" that is assessed to a "Medicare B" recipient that is late in signing...the government insurance program."Medicare A" has a penalty that has closure involved when assessed, but Medicare B does not.I am a recipient of Medicare...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2013-05-26/death-penalty
Opinion
Cass retirement program directed by state, federal government

...pay 1.45 percent of payroll each into Medicare. The county and all employees except...retirement contribution. All participate on Medicare. If they choose the PERA program, they...2010.The county paid $903,398 for Medicare and Social Security in 2011, not counting...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-05/cass-retirement-program-directed-sta
News
Obama taxes

...health insurance plans ($32 bil/Jan. 2018); hike in Medicare payroll tax ($86.8 billlion/Jan. 2013); medicine cabinet...retirement prescription drug coverage in coordination with Medicare Part D ($4.5 billion/Jan. 2013); Blue Cross/Blue...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-05-07/obama-taxes
Open Forum
Stop Obama

...brand new helicopters? In the era of the Sequester, isn't there something better we can do with $700 million? American Medicare cancer patients are being turned away from hospitals and are being denied life saving treatment because of budget cuts. The...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-05-13/stop-obama
Open Forum
A look at local pension liabilities

...year's budget, the finance department employees calculate the next year's pension payments, along with social security and Medicare. Should that number be higher than normal for some reason, it's up to the elected officials to decided how to come up with...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-05/look-local-pension-liabilities
News
Re-elect John, Joe

...brand new helicopters?In the era of the Sequester, isn't there something better we can do with $700 million? American Medicare cancer patients are being turned away from hospitals and are being denied life saving treatment because of budget cuts. The...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-05-13/re-elect-john-joe
Open Forum

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