Obama Budget Squeezes Medicare—and Wealthier Seniors

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DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MEDICARE DENYING PAYING FOR A HIP REPLACEMENT FOR MEN OVER 80YRS OLD????
I RECEIVED A DENIAL LETTER STATING THAT THEY NO LONGER COVER HIP REPLACEMENTS IN MEN OVER 80 YRS OLD!
PLEASE ADVISE...I HAVE SEARCHED ON THE WEB FOR ANYTHING STATING THAT AND I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING...WHAT CAN I DO???

Harriet of FL 10:47AM September 06, 2010

Cool post.

low cost links of AL 2:48AM May 07, 2010

I work for a General Contractor in Arkansas. We got a call today (4/23/10) from someone we built for a little over 10 years ago, whose son is a surgeon. We were informed that an Alert had come down and Medicare would no longer pay for knee or hip replacement surgery if you're over 70. We've already started weeding out the old and the frail. Hello Hitler, come on in, have a seat..Can I get you a cup of coffee?...................
Donna
Sherwood, Ar

Donna Killian of AR 4:44PM April 23, 2010

Our current president is got to be the most egotistical moron in the annuals of time along with being inconsiderate, self-centered, dictorial, mean-spirited, optically impaired, and wouldn't have sense enough to come in out of a hail storm. He needs to be impeached immediately, if not sooner along with the morons that voted for the Obama's Pet project called "Obama's Folly" (Health Care). Get rid of the fools!

Sammy Holt of TX 10:56AM April 08, 2010

medicare should be available to all people. but according to projections made in 2004, the program will be bankrupted by the year 2019 if no changes are made.

jessica of MD 4:37PM April 05, 2010

can someone explain wat is this medicare plan for people who lost their job and has no medicare plan ?
i personally think most people dont need medicare plan because doctor is not god.
doctor can not heal people. It is the patient that can heal him/herself.
a person health is nurture by his ways of living, and eating well.
if this plan is taking money out of ordinary people ( people who make less than 70,000), i think this plan is bad for ordinary people.
by reading this article, it seems like it is mainly from government support, but from my family, they said government would take money from people who has some spare money for this medicare plan...
is this mean, we should not have money, instead have a property or wife??
i hope i dont offend you,
thank you,

ddComments of NY 6:50PM February 02, 2010

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GWFcDdpJersMGrbDR of 7:57PM August 08, 2009

+1

soundtracks of AL 5:04AM July 17, 2009

With what Obama is proposing, what exactly happens to MediCare and Medicaid? Does his plan incorporate those exisiting plans or part of his health reform with new rules?

Linda of MA 1:43PM July 02, 2009

I read about Obama's propsed cuts to medicare and medicaid and I am wondering what kind of changes can seniors look for as far as individual benefits to those who have pvt. C & D policy's. Will drug coverage be better or worse? How can these cuts help the poor? Our income is $22,600 a year. This is low but not low enough for drug help from Soc. Sec. I am already in the donut hole after the 3rd month this year because my drugs are so expensive. Is there anything positive to look forward to? Thank You Eileen Harlow

Eileen Harlow of VA 4:33PM June 20, 2009