Mar 04 Finding a Doctor Who Accepts Medicare EmbedVideo(5881, 482, 304); Endless searching. Repeated rejection. Trips to the emergency room when all else fails. The horror stories are familiar to seniors who can't find a new primary care doctor willing to accept their Medicare coverage. Continue reading
Mar 04 Kenyans ‘Determined’ to Move Beyond 2007 Election Violence By Larisa Epatko Millions of Kenyans voted in general elections Monday, and though there were some incidents of violence, the worst many experienced were lengthy lines and long wait times, international election monitors reported. Continue reading
Mar 04 Remembering the Businessman Who Took a Chance on Ex-Cons By Paul Solman Remembering John Neu, a businessman who took chances on convicted criminals by hiring them at his recycling company, WeRecycle. John Neu, chairman of Hugo Neu Corp., passed away Feb. 27. Paul Solman: John Neu, a major figure in the scrap… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch Access to Doctors Shrinks for Some Medicare Patients It's getting harder and harder for some seniors to find a primary care physician. Ray Suarez reports on why the threat of massive cuts to Medicare reimbursement rates has left some doctors so worried that they've decided to stop taking… Continue watching
Mar 04 Why Is It So Hard To Fix Pay for Doctors Taking Medicare Patients? Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images While physicians have sidestepped drastic Medicare payment cuts for 2013, doctors' groups and lawmakers are gearing up for yet another battle to scrap the formula that forces Congress to consider the "doc fix"… Continue reading
Mar 04 Struck By a Turtle? Crushed By a Merchant Ship? There’s a Code for That Struck by a turtle lately? No? Then surely you've been smacked by a raccoon, chicken ... or at the very least, a nonvenomous lizard. Well, regardless, starting in 2014, your doctor will be prepared when animals, lightning, or even… Continue reading
Mar 04 How Unfair Is Social Security’s Maximum Family Benefit? By Laurence Kotlikoff When you take your retirement benefit and whether you are a high, moderate or low wage earner can dramatically affect how much your family can get in Social Security auxiliary benefits. Photo by Mike Kemp/Getty Images. *Larry Kotlikoff's [Social Security… Continue reading
Mar 03 First Child Cured of HIV The first baby has been cured of HIV, researchers announced Sunday. The case was publicly unveiled at the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta. The infant, who is now two and a half years old,… Continue reading
Mar 01 Shields and Brooks on March Madness, Sequester By Hari Sreenivasan The Doubleheader is back with the politics of sports and the sport of politics. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields, New York Times columnist David Brooks and I tackle March Madness allegiances, the Oscar picks from last week (that… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch Shields and Brooks on the Cusp of Sequester, Voting Rights Act at Supreme Court Shields and Brooks on the Cusp of Sequester, Voting Rights Act at Supreme Court… Continue watching