MAXIMUS Awarded $7.2 Million Medicare Task Order (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
RESTON, Va.----MAXIMUS has been awarded a new one-year Qualified Independent Contractor task order by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services worth $7.2 million. Under the new task order, Medicare Part A East, MAXIMUS will serve as a QIC to conduct reconsiderations of initial Medicare claims determinations for the eastern half of the United States.

AARP Unhappy With Baucus Medicare Plan (CBS News)
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today released the broad outlines of Medicare legislation aimed at preventing scheduled cuts to doctors reimbursement rates, and the nation s largest senior lobby was not pleased. We re gravely disappointed at the outline we saw today that includes very little to protect Medicare beneficiaries, said AARP s chief health lobbyist, Kirsten Sloan. In the past, ...

Federal Government's Long-Term Liabilities Total $57.3T; Unfunded Liability For Medicare $30.4T, According To USA ... (Medical News Today)
The federal government's financial obligation to cover the lifetime benefits of people eligible for government programs increased by $2.5 trillion last year to $57.3 trillion, largely due to rising Medicare obligations, according to a USA Today analysis. According to USA Today, the $2.

Candidate debate simmers on rich's share of Medicare (The Palm Beach Post)
John McCain says wealthy Medicare beneficiaries ought to pay more for prescription drug coverage. William Diamond of Palm Beach agrees.