"Action for Older Persons, Inc. is presenting a free seminar on Medicare 101 at 2 p.m. Sept. 14 at its offices at 30 West State St. in Binghamton."

News outlets look at a variety of issues surrounding Medicare. WRAL: "The national health care reform law, which was was designed to provide insurance coverage and access to physicians to more Americans, has no provision to help a group already having difficulty finding doctors to treat them - senior citizens. According to a report from Cigna Government Services, which processes Medicare claims ...

A plan by Medicare to try to make it simpler for consumers to pick drug coverage could force 3 million seniors to switch plans next year whether they like it or not, says an independent analysis...

Billy is looking for more info.

From WWW.YOUTUBE.COM, thanks Troy

I saw this posted Wednesday on WWW.REDORBIT.COM.

"Letter to CMS Cites Need for Open and Transparent Oversight of the Bid Program ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A bipartisan group of 136 members of Congress recently requested that the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) disclose the list of homecare providers whose bids were used to calculate home medical equipment reimbursement rates under the Medicare ..."

MAYNARD, MA--(Marketwire - August 24, 2010) - A provision in the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act of 2010 places limits on physician-owned hospitals with immediate restrictions on expansion for existing hospitals. The Act also requires that new doctor-owned facilities be certified by December 31, 2010 in order to participate in Medicare. Today PlanPrescriber ( www ...

WWW.HERITAGE.ORG writes: "The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA) is projected to yield $575 billion in Medicare savings over the next 10 years, mostly from Medicare payment reductions to doctors, hospitals, and health plans."