Medicare

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Official Site: Medicare
2. Medicare.gov: Medicare FAQ's
3. Wikipedia: Medicare (United States)
4. Kaiser Family Foundation: Medicare Resources
5. Bloomberg.com: Medicare Running Out of Funds, Requiring Changes (March 25, 2008)
6. Blog Post: Revolution Health: The Medicare Meltdown
7. Google Video: 60 Minutes Medicare Prescription Drug Bill (Time 13:21)

Medicare Recent News Stories

• MainStreet: What's at Stake in the New Medicare Bill (July 17, 2008)
• Google News: Medicare
• East Bay Business Times: State Approves Envision as Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (January 7, 2008)
• Reuters: Most Medicare Drug Plans Continue to Hike Costs into 2008 Two-to-Three Times Rate of Inflation (January 7, 2008)
• Insurance Journal: Ruling Affirms Employers May Factor Medicare into Retiree Benefits (December 28, 2007)
• Kaiser Network: Key Negotiators Close to Agreement on Medicare Bill (December 18, 2007)
• USA Today: Seniors Must Shop as Medicare Drug Premiums Rise (December 13, 2007) 
• Medical News Today: Some Physicians Refuse To Accept Patients Enrolled In M.A.P. (December 11, 2007)
• Wall Street Journal: Planned Medicare Cuts Weigh on Primary Care (December 10, 2007)
• Health Day Reporter: Medicare Offers Smallest Rise in Premiums in 6 Years (October 1, 2007)

Medicare Background

Medicare History

• Wikipedia: Social Security Act of 1965 and the Medicare Modernization Act
• Social Security Online: The Evolution of Medicare from Idea to Law
• Hacienda Publishing: "Towards Socialized Medicine: A Historic Chronology" (2002)
• American Heritage Magazine: "Medicare Revisited" (1994)

Medicare Benefits

• Official Site: Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
• Wikipedia: Donute Hole (Medicare) and Medigap
• Medicare Benefits: Part A | Part B | Part C | Part D
• History News Network: "What is Medicare?" 2002

Payments & Costs

• Official Site: Medicare and Medicaid Fee Schedule
• Official Site: Medicare Premiums and Coinsurance Rates for 2008
• Wikipedia: Federal Insurance Contributions Act Tax
• Medicare Rights Center: What Medicare Covers & How Much You Will Pay
• How Stuff Works: How Medicare Works 

Problems & Challenges

• Official Site: Medicare Appeals
• New York Times: "Medicare Audits Show Problems in Private Plans" (October 7, 2007)
• Kaiser Network: "Medicare Hospital Trust Fund Will Run Out of Money" (2007)
• Medicare Advocacy: "Part D Problems For Low-Income People" (2007)
• CNN Money: "Social Security, Medicare to Run out Sooner" (2006)
• Cato Journal: "Medicare's Origin: The Economics and Politics of Dependency" (1997)

Medicare Videos and Media

• YouTube: Medicare Reform (Time 02:01)
• YouTube: How to Make the Most of Medicare (Time: 28:09)
• Crackle: Heritage in Focus: Negotiating Medicare Drug Prices (Time 02:01)
• AOL Video: Michael Moore on Medicare & Medicaid (Time 03:35)

Medicare Commentary and Criticism

• The Santa Cruz Sentinel: "Santa Cruz Doctors Left Behind by Medicare Patch" (December 28, 2007)
• The Capital TImes: "Barbara Quirk: Bush Team Makes Medicare a Maze" (November 6, 2007)
• The Hill: "Agency Vows More Oversight of Medicare-plan Marketing" (November 2, 2007)
• Beloit Daily News: "Seniors Voice Criticisms of Bush Drug Plan" (2006)
• U.S. News & World Report: "The Health Insurance Blues" (2003)

Medicare Message Boards and Blogs

• AARP Health Message Boards: Medicare
• Medicare Drug Plans: Medicare Discussion Forum
• AFL-CIO Weblog: Big Drug Companies Basking in the Sun (January 11, 2008)
• The Wall Street Journal: Medicare Stinginess Casts Pall Over Primary Care (2007)
• The Wall Street Journal: Medicare to Cut Payment for Smart Bomb Cancer Drugs (2007)
• University of Michigan MBlog: Medicare Financing: Reform Medicaid, Medicare (2007)
• New York Times: The Real Budget Crunchers (2006)

Central Figures

Lyndon Johnson

• Mahalo's Guide to Lyndon Johnson
• Wikipedia: Lyndon B. Johnson
• Social Security Online: Medicare Signing
• Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: President Lyndon B. Johnson Signs Medicare Bill
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum: "Remarks at the Signing of the Medicare Bill" (1965)

Wilbur Cohen

• Wikipedia: Wilbur J. Cohen
• Social Security Online: Wilbur J. Cohen: The Under Secretary
• Miller Center: Wilbur J. Cohen

George W. Bush

• Mahalo's Guide to George W. Bush
• Wikipedia: George W. Bush
• The White House: "President Bush Participates in a Meeting on Medicare Part D" (2007)
• San Francisco Chronicle: "Medicare Overhaul Signed" (2003) 
• The White House: "Fact Sheet: Framework to Modernize and Improve Medicare" (2003)
• The White House: "President Calls for Modernization of Medicare" (2001)

Americans for Democratic Action

• Official Site: Americans for Democratic Action
• Wikipedia: Americans for Democratic Action
• Marxist History: Intercollegiate Socialist Society
• President Harry Truman: "Oral History Interview with James I. Loeb" (1970)

Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill

• GI Roundtable: Has A National Health Program Been Put Before Congress?
• Louisiana State University: Chapter 3: The Third Round 1943-1950
• Hacienda Publishing: "The Beginning of Government Medicine in America" (2000)
• Social Security Online: "Oral History Interview: Arthur J. Altmeyer" (1966)
• TIME: "The Big Debate" (1944)
• Pediatrics: "Trends in Health Legislation and Administration" (1942)

Kerr-Mills Bill

• Wikipedia: Wilbur Mills and Robert S. Kerr
• The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture: Wilbur Daigh Mills
• University of Oklahoma: Robert Kerr Online Exhibition
• TIME: "Man of Confidence" (1962)

King-Anderson Bill

• Wikipedia: Cecil R. King and Clinton Anderson
• AAPS: Interview with J. Bruce Henriksen, MD: The Past Is Prologue
• TIME: "My Heart Is Broken" (1951)

Medicare Satire and Humor

• The Internet Weekly : Wal-Mart to Replace Medicare (2005)
• Suddenly Senior: Medicare Drug Bill Simplified (2005)
• The Onion: "The New Medicare Drug Card" (2004) 
• Broken Newz: "AARP Endorses GOP Medicare Bill – 50,000 Retirees Join in Search of WMDs" (2003)
• The Onion: "Bush Vows to Wipe Out Prescription Drug Addiction Among Seniors" (2001) 

Medicare in Other Countries

National Health Care in Great Britain

• Official Site: National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002
• Wikipedia: History of the National Health Service and British National Health Service Act
• Socialist Health Association: NHS Reform
• BBC History: William Beveridge (1879 - 1963)
• Socialist Health Association: "Social Insurance and Allied Services" (1942)

Canadian Medicare

• Official Site: Canada's Health Care System (Medicare)
• Wikipedia: Canadian Medicare and Canada Health Act
• Canadian Social Research: The Medicare Debate in Canada
• SCCA: Medicare: A People's Issue
• CBC News: "The Birhtplace of Medicare" (2006)

Australia Medicare

• Official Site: Welcome to Austrailia Medicare
• Wikipedia: Australia Medicare and Australia Medicare Card
• Term Care Health: Medicare Austrailia
• AHMRC: Austrailia's Health Insurance System

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