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A study appearing in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society shows that Medicare beneficiaries' understanding of their healthcare benefits may affect their ability to access needed care effectively and could lead them to the delay or avoid seeking care. In the study, 2,997 White, Black and Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries from across the United States were surveyed.
A "broad-based stimulus favored by Democrats" that includes additional federal Medicaid funds for states "seems highly unlikely" to pass this week during a lame-duck session of Congress amid opposition from Republicans, CQ Today reports (CQ Today, 11/14).
With the majority of states facing "astonishing" declines in revenue and mounting budget deficits, many are "scrambling to find ways to get through the rest of the year without hacking apart vital services or raising taxes," the New York Times reports.
California officials are considering freezing enrollment in the state's Healthy Families program, as an "influx of new clients overwhelms" it, the Los Angeles Times reports (Rau, Los Angeles Times, 11/14). The program is facing a $17.
Alaskans age 65 and older who are interested in getting prescription drug coverage through the Medicare Part D program should sign up during the annual open enrollment, Nov. 15 through Dec. 31. Even seniors who are happy with their Medicare prescription plans are encouraged to review the new options introduced each year. A new plan may be more cost effective, or the shopper's medication needs may have changed, and be better met by a different plan.
Catheter-associated urinary-tract infections (UTIs) are not fully preventable, according to a national survey of physicians on QuantiaMD, an online clinician community. This finding is contrary to expert opinion that these costly infections are indeed largely preventable.
