The New Brunswick government is removing the waiting period for medicare coverage in an effort to attract new immigrants.

My sister thought this was interesting.

"Millions of Medicare-eligible individuals have the opportunity to reform their own health-care coverage - at home."

Do you?

Here is an intersting one:

"Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, a Long Island, N.Y.-based hospital, has agreed to pay $2.92 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that the hospital defrauded Medicare, the Justice Department announced today."

Gregory wrote:

I came across this post Friday.

"WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Medicare beneficiaries with chronic diseases, who do not visit the doctor much cost more money because of emergency room visits, U.S. researchers found."

Would anyone care to comment?

HB Litigation Conferences LLC has announced it is starting regular news coverage of legal activity surrounding the recently delayed requirements that insurers and others ? including product liability, medical malpractice and toxic tort defendants ? report payments made to Medicare beneficiaries as the result of verdicts and settlements. ?

This one's for Howard, I know she is reading.

"While the President joins Democrats and Republicans sitting at the same table in Washington DC to discuss health care reform, many doctors and nurses in Brunswick County are concerned about drastic cuts in medicare."

Glenn Wrote: Here's one for you - "We need for all Americans to have decent health care. The best way to bring this about is through an expansion of Medicare to everyone. Leave the 20 percent (why is there 20 percent?) to drive people into bankruptcy more slowly."