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  • New Clue Into Cellular Aging Identified By Biologists

    Jul. 09, 2010

    The ability to combat some age-related diseases, such as cancer and diabetes, may rest with scientists unlocking clues about the molecular and cellular processes governing aging. The underlying theory is that if the healthy portion of an individual's life span can be extended, it may delay the onset of certain age-related diseases...

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  • New Study Uncovers Key To How We Learn And Remember

    Jun. 29, 2010

    New research led by the University of Leicester and published in a prestigious international scientific journal has revealed for the first time the mechanism by which memories are formed. The study in the Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology found one of the key proteins involved in the process of memory and learning...

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  • White House releases 'patients' bill of rights'

    Jun. 22, 2010

    Most health insurance plans will soon be barred from turning children down due to pre-existing medical problems, the White House announced Tuesday, spelling out how early benefits of the new health care law will work.

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  • Obama Resells Health Law to Seniors

    Jun. 08, 2010

    President Barack Obama returned to selling his overhaul of the health-care system Tuesday in an effort to win over seniors who are leery of its cuts to Medicare funding.

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  • A healthcare subsidy for early retirees

    May. 10, 2010

    The new health reform law will be phased in in pieces over the next four years, but one benefit — for a specific group of consumers —starts June 1. Called the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, it's a $5-billion federal subsidy to employers to help them pay for healthcare coverage for some retired workers ages 55 to 64 who don't yet qualify for Medicare.

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  • Medicare's Home Health Pay For Performance Demonstration

    May. 07, 2010

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is sharing more than $15 million in savings with 166 home health agencies (HHAs) based on their performance during the first year of the Medicare Home Health Pay for Performance (HHP4P) demonstration...

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  • Seniors Often Don't Choose Best Quality Medicare Advantage Plans, Study Finds

    Apr. 30, 2010

    The Associated Press: "Millions of seniors signed up for popular Medicare Advantage insurance plans don't get the best quality, an independent study found. How the private plans score on a quality rating system set up by the government is about to have a direct impact on insurers' finances - not to mention seniors' benefits and premiums...

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  • States Struggle To Balance Budgets With Medicaid Changes

    Apr. 27, 2010

    Health News Florida: A provision in Florida's state budget bill that would have reformed the state's Medicaid system has been officially dropped by state legislators. "The House proposed a sweeping plan that gradually would have led to almost all Medicaid recipients enrolling in managed-care plans, while the Senate proposed a smaller expansion of a pilot managed-care program. ...

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