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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Medicare and Medicaid Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines [Opinion] How to Fix Our Enormous, Inefficient Health Care System [Opinion] Text of Comments by Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project to CMS on Health IT Meaningful Use Program (PDF) Nearly Half of Soon-to-Be-Retired, High-Net-Worth Americans 'Terrified' of Health Care Costs in Retirement 'Accountable Care Organizations' Could Have Medicare Muscle to Transform the Health System How Much Do Private Industry Employers Pay for Government Employee Benefits Such as Social Security? (PDF) Deloitte Health Care Reform Memo, April 30, 2012 [Guidance Overview] CMS Issues Medicare Part D Benefit Parameters for 2013 Medicare Finances: Findings of the 2012 Trustees Report (PDF) Trustees Issue Warnings on Medicare, But Make No Changes to Solvency Projections Official Summary of the 2012 Annual Reports of the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees Official Report on Medicare: Text of the 2012 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds (PDF) Social Security and Medicare Annual Trustee Reports Expected April 23, 2012 [Guidance Overview] Health Plan Sponsors Assessing Effect of 2013 Medicare Part D Indexed Amounts [Opinion] 'Double-Counting' Canard Quacks Again on Issue of Cost of Health Care Reform Law Health Care Budget Deficit Calculator Shows Budget Deficits Will Explode Medicare Coverage Less Generous Than Coverage in Large Employer Plans, When Available SCOTUS Affordable Care Act Arguments: Day 3 Part Two: Does Medicaid Expansion Coerce the States? Justices Wrestle with Whether Health Care Overhaul Should Be All or Nothing Supreme Court Hears Argument on Severability of Individual Mandate and State Sovereignty Explaining the Lack of Non-Public Actors in the U.S. Public Social Insurance System Chart: Employer Costs for Legally Required Benefits in December 2011 Judge Puts Hold on Kodak Cuts to Retiree Health Benefits Video/Audio: Health Care Is a Necessary Reform GOP Plans for Medicare, Health Reform Repeal Draw Scrutiny How Long Does a Retiree Health Benefits Transition Take: Implementation Milestones Deficits Push N.Y. Cities and Counties to Desperation Taking Advantage of Off-Cycle Retiree Transitions The Influence of Public Policy on Health, Wealth and Mortality Low Premiums, Zero-Dollar Deductibles and Preferred Pharmacy Networks Winning Strategies for Medicare Part D Sponsors Last Open-Enrollment Period [Guidance Overview] Creditable Drug Coverage Disclosure Due to CMS, but Website Problems May Hamper Filing AARP Health Law Guide [Guidance Overview] Employees Cannot Opt Out of Medicare Part A Without Also Rejecting Social Security Benefits [Guidance Overview] Circuit Court Says Individuals Cannot Disclaim Entitlement to Medicare Part A Employer Retiree Groups Will Move To Medicare Advantage, but How Soon Is the Question Annual Statistical Supplement, 2011, Published by the U.S. Social Security Administration Congressional Budget Office Expects Health Spending to Double in Ten Years Government Health Spending Seen Hitting $1.8 Trillion [Opinion] Aging Groups Argue That Most Health Reform Law Provisions Affecting Seniors Should Not Be Tied To Supreme Court's Ruling on Individual Mandate (PDF) Downgrades in Ratings Loom for G20 Nations on Health Costs, S&P Warns Increasing Retirement Ages Would Reduce Spending and Limit Benefits [Opinion] Fitness Memberships and Favorable Selection in Medicare Advantage Plans [Official Guidance] HHS Final Rule: Payments to Sponsors of Retiree Prescription Drug Plans (PDF) CBO Issue Brief: Raising the Ages of Eligibility for Medicare and Social Security New York City's New Ad Campaign Attacks Big Food Portions Understanding the Three Main Pillars That Create the Foundation for Retirement in the U.S. [Guidance Overview] 2012 Payroll Tax Rates and Limits (PDF) The Independent Payment Advisory Board: In 2013, this Entity Will Have Authority to Curb Medicare Spending If Growth Exceeds Targets Lawmakers Offer Bipartisan Plan to Overhaul Medicare [Official Guidance] Text of IRS Final Regs and Removal of Temporary Regs for Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return and Modifications to Deposit Rules (PDF) GOP Alternative Proposal: Wealthy Pay Full Price for Medicare to Cover Payroll Tax Extension [Guidance Overview] ADEA Exemption for Coordination of Health Benefits with Medicare Does Not Permit Employer To Terminate Current Employees' Benefits Social Security Applications in Spanish Now Available on Website Restructuring Medicare's Benefit Design: Implications for Beneficiaries and Spending Medicare Savings by Raising Eligibility Age Could Be a Mirage Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. 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