Saving Dollars, Saving Lives: The Importance of Prevention in Curing Medicare : Hearing Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, Washington, DC, June 30, 2005, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006 - 97 páginas |
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... lead healthier lives . As always , we thank our Chairman , Senator Gordon Smith , for working with us in a bipartisan manner to examine issues affecting seniors . It is not secret that the Federal Government will face fiscal challenges ...
... lead healthier lives . As always , we thank our Chairman , Senator Gordon Smith , for working with us in a bipartisan manner to examine issues affecting seniors . It is not secret that the Federal Government will face fiscal challenges ...
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... lead them to this , that would warrant that they bear some greater portion of their own co - pay or something like that ? I mean Mr. HOLTZ - EAKIN . The seven we looked at , I will just run down . The CHAIRMAN . OK . Mr. HOLTZ - EAKIN ...
... lead them to this , that would warrant that they bear some greater portion of their own co - pay or something like that ? I mean Mr. HOLTZ - EAKIN . The seven we looked at , I will just run down . The CHAIRMAN . OK . Mr. HOLTZ - EAKIN ...
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... lead to large savings for the Medicare program . The feasibility of using such a strategy depends on the an- swers to three key questions . First , how concentrated is health care spending among Medicare beneficiaries ? Sec- ond , can ...
... lead to large savings for the Medicare program . The feasibility of using such a strategy depends on the an- swers to three key questions . First , how concentrated is health care spending among Medicare beneficiaries ? Sec- ond , can ...
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... lead to significant reductions in overall Medicare spending would depend on two factors : the ability to identify individuals who will have high costs in the fu- ture , and the ability to mitigate those high costs . The ex- istence of ...
... lead to significant reductions in overall Medicare spending would depend on two factors : the ability to identify individuals who will have high costs in the fu- ture , and the ability to mitigate those high costs . The ex- istence of ...
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... lead to increases in the use of medical care . It is important to note that improving the care received by high - cost beneficiaries in itself may be a worthwhile objective , even if it fails to reduce costs . HIGH - COST MEDICARE ...
... lead to increases in the use of medical care . It is important to note that improving the care received by high - cost beneficiaries in itself may be a worthwhile objective , even if it fails to reduce costs . HIGH - COST MEDICARE ...
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Página 36 - Be comfort to my age ! Here is the gold ; All this I give you. Let me be your servant : Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty ; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly : let me go with you ; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Página 37 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Página 37 - With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side'; His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound : Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness, and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing.
Página 9 - I would just like to make it clear for the record that...
Página 68 - ITAA seeks to foster an environment that is conducive to the health, prosperity and competitive nature of the information technology industry and to help its members succeed in delivering the benefits of IT to their customers. The Association's industry development programs include advocacy on legislative and regulatory issues, studies and statistics, domestic and intemational market development and industry promotion.
Página 61 - Yet there remains a dearth of clinical programs with the infrastructure required to provide the full complement of services needed by people with heart disease, diabetes, asthma, and other common chronic conditions (Wagner et al., 1996).
Página 81 - In 1996 the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discussed with the National Academies...
Página 17 - Technology for his counsel during the research and for reviewing the draft of the report. (The assistance of external reviewers implies no responsibility for the final product, which rests solely with CBO.) V.
Página 96 - Hospital diagnoses, Medicare charges, and nursing home admissions in the year when older persons become severely disabled.
Página 93 - This hearing is adjourned. [Whereupon, at 11:35 am, the committee was adjourned...