US drug spending slows; hits $307 bln in 2010-IMS
* Prescription drug spending grew 2.3 pct vs 5.1 in '09 * Visits to doctors' offices down 4.2 pct * Medicare Part D, Medicaid scripts filled grew to 30 pct * Generics spending rose 21.7 pct, brands ...

Covering the Bases: Medicare Part B enrollment can be postponed if still employed
My grandmother is 89 years old and still working full-time! She loves her job, saying she will never retire and that "the grave" will be her retirement plan! I adore her spunk but worry that she is not adequately insured. She says she doesn't have medical (Part B) insurance under Medicare since she uses her employer's insurance. I thought everyone needs to get Medicare at age 65. Everyone should ...

Democrats hit air on GOP Medicare vote
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says it will hit the air today with radio spots highlighting votes by Reps. Tim Griffin and Rick Crawford in favor of the House budget plan to end Medicare as single-payer health insurance coverage for older people. They'd subsidize private insurance companies in a system that many think will fail because, even with subsidies, insurers won't have ...

Republicans criticized Democratic Medicare cuts last fall; now include them in their budget
WASHINGTON In a postelection reversal, House Republicans are supporting nearly $450 billion in Medicare cuts that they criticized vigorously last fall when Democrats and President Barack Obama passed them as part of their controversial health care law.