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• UAW members ratify contract with Mich. Blue Cross (WTOL 11
  
  UAW members ratify contract with Mich. Blue Cross (WTOL 11 Toledo)
  Associated Press - September 16, 2008 7:34 PM ET DETROIT (AP) - United Auto Workers members have voted by about a 3-1 margin to approve a new, 3-year contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of...
  
  Competition Between Two Pennsylvania Blue Cross Insurers Would Improve Market For Consumers, Report Finds (Medical News Today)
  Pennsylvania health care providers and consumers would benefit more if insurers Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield remained competitors rather than collaborators, according to a consultant hired by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department to evaluate the issue, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Illinois health economics firm LECG conducted the study.
  
  Premera Blue Cross Expands Provider Network; Welcomes Back Puget Sound Family Physicians (Centre Daily Times)
  Premera Blue Cross and Puget Sound Family Physicians (PSFP) announced today that they had reached agreement on a new three-year contract that will bring the practice and more than 40 physicians back into the Blue Cross Network effective September 15, 2008.
  
• Medicare Part D - New scams targeting Medicare Part D (Greencastle Banner-Graphic) Seniors in
  
  New scams targeting Medicare Part D (Greencastle Banner-Graphic)
  Seniors in Oregon and Washington have been hit with a new Medicare scam. A fake company called National Medical Office in Washington, D.C. has been contacting seniors in these states saying they need...
  
  Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy 2008 Educational Conference Is Goin' To Kansas City! (Centre Daily Times)
  Make your plans now to attend AMCP's 2008 Educational Conference in Kansas City October 15-18, featuring riveting keynote speakers and thought provoking educational sessions focused on managed care pharmacy trends and innovations. Choose from 30 sessions covering Medicare Part D regulations; specialty pharmacy trends; breaking biotechnology and specialty pharmacy news; emerging trends in managed ...
  
  Medicare details low-income subsidy (Missoulian)
  The government wants to save you money. Honest. Your vehicle for savings is Medicare's Part D prescription plan, which helps eligible citizens with the cost of prescription drugs.
  
• Medicare Part D - Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy 2008 Educational Conference Is Goin'
  
  Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy 2008 Educational Conference Is Goin' To Kansas City! (Centre Daily Times)
  Make your plans now to attend AMCP's 2008 Educational Conference in Kansas City October 15-18, featuring riveting keynote speakers and thought provoking educational sessions focused on managed care pharmacy trends and innovations. Choose from 30 sessions covering Medicare Part D regulations; specialty pharmacy trends; breaking biotechnology and specialty pharmacy news; emerging trends in managed ...
  
  Medicare drug, health plan marketing rules toughened (The Hill)
  Private Medicare plans and insurance agents and brokers face new restrictions on how they market their products to beneficiaries under new regulations announced Monday.
  
  Medicare Follows Congressional Directions to Clamp Down on Insurance Company Marketing (Senior Journal)
  Sept. 16, 2008 There should be a lot more meat and a lot less sizzle in the pitches tossed at senior citizens this year by insurance companies selling Medicare prescription drug or Medicare Advantage plans.
  
  Medicare Part D Assistance (KQCD-TV Dickinson)
  At least a third of Medicare Part D recipients in this part of the country fell into a coverage gap last year, forcing them to pay 100 percent of their prescription costs.
  
• Medicare Part D - Medicare Part D Assistance (KQCD-TV Dickinson) At least a third
  
  Medicare Part D Assistance (KQCD-TV Dickinson)
  At least a third of Medicare Part D recipients in this part of the country fell into a coverage gap last year, forcing them to pay 100 percent of their prescription costs.
  
  Hinchey bill seeks relief for hospice Medicare cuts (The Ithaca Journal)
  U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-22nd Dist.) and two colleagues have introduced a bill in Congress that would block a Bush administration Medicare rule change blamed for potentially costing $50,000 for Ithaca's Hospicare organization and similar cuts in federal reimbursement for hospices across the country.
  
• Some slim hopes for universal coverage (Norwalk Advocate) Americans don't
  
  Some slim hopes for universal coverage (Norwalk Advocate)
  Americans don't live quite as long as folks in other developed countries. But not to worry. Anyone reading this is probably OK. It's just that the poor, principally blacks and Latinos, drag down our average life span.
  
  Original Medicare or Medicare Private Health Plan? Do You Have the Right One? (Senior Journal)
  Sept. 13, 2008 - Every year, between November 15 and March 31, everyone with Medicare can change how they receive their Medicare benefits - to Original Medicare or to one of the private health plans (also known as Medicare Advantage plans).
  
  At your service (Daytona Beach News-Journal)
  The At Your Service column appears in The News-Journal on Mondays. Featured this week are service groups in Volusia and Flagler counties.
  
• Medicare Part D - GAO Report Examines Effects Of Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy
  
  GAO Report Examines Effects Of Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy On Access To Prescription Drugs (Medical News Today)
  "Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidy: Assets and Income Are Both Important in Subsidy Denials, and Access to State and Manufacturer Drug Programs Is Uneven," Government Accountability Office: The report examines the importance of assets and income in low-income subsidy denials in 2006 and 2007 and state and manufacturer programs providing access to prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries.
  
  Hinchey bill seeks relief for hospice Medicare cuts (The Ithaca Journal)
  U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-22nd Dist.) and two colleagues have introduced a bill in Congress that would block a Bush administration Medicare rule change blamed for potentially costing $50,000 for Ithaca's Hospicare organization and similar cuts in federal reimbursement for hospices across the country.
  
  New scams targeting Medicare Part D (Greencastle Banner-Graphic)
  Seniors in Oregon and Washington have been hit with a new Medicare scam. A fake company called National Medical Office in Washington, D.C. has been contacting seniors in these states saying they need...
  
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