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SOCIAL SECURITY: INFORMATION & UPDATES Medicare Medical (Part B) premium varies with income
Medicare Medical (Part B) coverage helps pay for doctors services and outpatient care along with other services. Most people incorrectly think that the costs of providing Medicare Part B coverage are...
Posted on 5/20/13 at 3:49 PM
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NORTH DAKOTA Got a Medicare supplement? It’s time to put on your sneakers!
By Denise Pinkney Were excited to offer the SilverSneakers Fitness Program to our Medicare supplement members. SilverSneakers is an exercise program designed to keep older adults active and healthy....
Posted on 11/28/12 at 10:44 AM
RURAL REFLECTIONS Rural Reflections Radio
Here is this week's Rural Reflections Radio program, Deb's Retirement...
Posted on 10/5/12 at 7:17 AM
STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND Today's Ask Your Government
Dear Teri, My question is: Is there a way to have a different number on ones Medicare card? My concern: After years of locking up my Social Security number, I was amazed to find it is now my Medicare...
Posted on 2/4/12 at 9:29 PM
HEALTHBEAT The next big health story
What's going to be the big health story of 2012 - health care reform? The impact of state and federal health spending cuts? Nope. The next attention-grabbing story could well be about the future of M...
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:42 PM
Richard Hanson, Grafton, N.D., letter: A plan for free health care for all 
After 2020, Medicare and Medicaid costs are likely to explode, ending all hope of controlling federal deficits. Can we solve this problem? Yes. One way is to end Medicare and Medicaid.
By Richard Hanson , May 12, 2013
HOWARD KOSSOVER: Can Medicare cover family members?
Howard Kossover answers questions about Medicare and family coverage.
April 27, 2013
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Medicare increase could ding some in middle class
Retired city worker Sheila Pugach lives in a modest home on a quiet street in Albuquerque, N.M., and drives an 18-year-old Subaru. Pugach doesn't see herself as upper-income by any stretch, but President Barack Obama's budget would raise her Medicare premiums and those of other comfortably retired seniors, adding to a surcharge that already costs some 2 million beneficiaries hundreds of dollars a year each.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar , April 13, 2013
Tribes plan for worst with looming budget cuts
When it comes to the automatic spending cuts that began taking effect this month, federal lawmakers spared programs that serve the nation's most vulnerable — such as food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid and veterans' assistance — from hard hits.
By Felicia Fonseca , March 16, 2013
Charm offensive produces no breakthroughs
Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's inception more than four decades ago.
By David Espo , March 16, 2013
Watching the ‘sequester dance’ in Grand Forks
Some fear, some cheer looming cuts to federal budget if Congress and the White House can’t agree.
By Chuck Haga , February 20, 2013
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LLOYD OMDAHL: Religion can fix the Medicare crisis
Frank Newport has discovered that there is a direct statistical relationship between religiosity and good health.
By Lloyd Omdahl , February 04, 2013
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PAUL KRUGMAN: Spenders were right, scrimpers were wrong
President Barack Obama’s second Inaugural Address offered a lot for progressives to like. There was the spirited defense of gay rights; there was the equally spirited defense of the role of government, and, in particular, of the safety net provided by Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
By Paul Krugman , January 27, 2013
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North Dakota nursing homes have few problems
Inspections of North Dakota nursing homes resulted in the lowest number of serious deficiencies in a review of reports for all 50 states.
By Patrick Springer , January 14, 2013
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Tom Osowski, Minto, N.D., letter: Medicare age hike would hurt millions
I wish Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., former Sen. Alan Simpson and other “deficit hawks” would change their focus and channel their energies toward regaining control of our health care system.
By Tom Osowski , November 29, 2012
Medicare premiums going up $5 a month for 2013
The government says Medicare premiums are going up $5 a month for 2013. That's less than expected, but it'll still eat up nearly one-fourth of the typical cost-of-living raise for retirees.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar , November 16, 2012
Louane Beyer, Wilton, Minn., letter: Costs of Obamacare far outweigh benefits
The current administration front-loaded the popular provisions, such as keeping children on their parents’ plan until age 26 and prohibiting insurance companies from denying insurance for pre-existing conditions.
Then the administration left the harder parts — the mandate, the Independent Payment Advisory Board and the powers of the IRS — until 2014.
By Louane Beyer , October 29, 2012
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