( American Cancer Society ) Increased Medicare payments to physicians for outpatient surgeries for bladder cancer have led to a dramatic rise in the number of these procedures being performed and an overall increase in cost to the health care system.

A dizzying array of choices awaits those searching for a Medicare Advantage plan. The average Medicare beneficiary has about 33 Advantage plans to choose from this year.

My Aunt told me about this.

"Social Security and Medicare deficits are actually worse than some projections because the forecasts are based on full employment. To fix these issues involves either benefit reductions or significantly higher funding."

A handful of provisions affecting physicians, hospitals, nursing homes and other Medicare providers expired Jan. 1. Read more...

"If Congress follows the White House proposal, $371 billion would go toward reversing planned annual cuts but would not increase Medicare rates."

From WWW.AMA-ASSN.ORG, thanks Lloyd

Enactment of a debt limit bill would allow for a five-year Medicare rate freeze without a requirement to find offsets.