Limiting federal aid for poor elderly: bill caps Medicaid use for Medicare cost-share, raises access concerns

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The Republican Party's new Medicaid legislation changes the eligibility of low-income elderly for Medicare benefits. The new legislation, part of a budget reconciliation act, provides coverage only to Medicare Part B premiums and will increase the Medicare premium from $46.10 to $90 by 2002. States will be allowed to use set-aside funds to cover low-income seniors' Medicare expenses, out-of-pocket medical expenses of higher-income seniors, and Medicare Part A premiums for elderly people who do not qualify for this type of coverage.

Aged, Elderly, Insurance

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Medicare overhaul?

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Texas representative Sam Johnson has encountered little opposition among constituents to his party's plan to cut Medicare $270 billion over seven years. In fact, most of the seniors polled at town meetings nationwide are willing to make small sacrifices to save the Medicare Part A Trust Fund, which Johnson says will go broke in 2002. Most of Johnson's constituents agree with his assessment that waste, such is funding for residency training, lies at the root of the program's problems.

Political aspects, Health care reform, Johnson, Sam (American automotive executive)

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Raising the eligibility age for Medicare

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Senate Republicans propose to raise the eligibility for Medicare coverage from age 65 to 67; this change would be phased in from 2003 to 2027. The Dept of Labor estimates that some 4 million senior citizens would temporarily lose Medicare coverage, and that the policy would especially hurt women and minority insureds.

United States. Congress. Senate

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