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During the upcoming open-enrollment period for Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger urges Kansas Medicare beneficiaries to be alert to any potential scams surrounding sign-up activity.

WHAT does the Iraq War have to do with the health care debate? More than you might think.

"? By Abby Goodnough BOSTON - The highest court in Massachusetts ruled Monday that alimony should not automatically end when the paying spouse reaches retirement age and stops earning income.

The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and declared that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities.

Main Category: Public Health Also Included In: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 Of all the torrent of words that followed House passage of its version of healthcare reform legislation in early November, perhaps the most misleading were those comparing it to enactment of Social Security and Medicare.

Republicans have been downright giddy following the off-year elections in Virginia and New Jersey.

Wouldn't it be great if the Internal Revenue Service were looking for you to give you money? For nearly 108,000 taxpayers nationwide, that's exactly the case.

Identity theft is an ever-growing crime in the United States. This is one crime which can be especially scary.

Gemalto , the world leader in digital security, today announced that Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda , the Portuguese Mint and National Printing Office, has started issuing its Sealys Resident cards : , compliant with the electronic European Residence Permit specifications and the latest ICAO Extended Access Control standards.

A list of some of the state tax exemptions, credits and deductions approved by lawmakers and the Oklahoma Tax Commission's estimate of their cost: - Livestock purchased outside Oklahoma and brought into the state for feeding or breeding purposes, and which is later resold, $48 million.

The woman accused of driving drunk and causing a collision that killed two men on Highway 1 north of Santa Cruz pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.

That's up from $21,000 in the 1980s and '90s. Yet rather than cut back, Congress plans to spend even more.

" On a highly anticipated day in Congress, U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Ga., once again took to the House floor to speak out in opposition of, and to ultimately vote against, the health care overhaul bill that passed the House late Saturday night.

WASHINGTON - In a victory for President Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

Calcutta resident Linda Harrington described a rally in Washington, D.C., against the proposed health care bill as an incredible event, but the local contingent's quest to speak to U.S. Rep.

As I was talking recently with the founder of a large American corporation, the conversation turned to health care reform.

The Social Security Administration recently announced that retirees would get no cost-of-living adjustments this year - and maybe not even next year - because the inflation measure it uses to determine them has declined for the first time in more than three decades.

A typical officer retiring today who declines to enroll in the Survivor Benefit Plan lets the government off the hook for a subsidy worth $50,100 in "net present value," say Department of Defense actuaries.

Court papers filed in Los Angeles reveal that the 81-year-old Joe Jackson, father of Michael Jackson, monthly expenses are $20,000, but he receives only $1,700 from the state.

In a closed door meeting with House Democrats this morning, President Obama made an impassioned appeal for what he called "a big moment in history," urging passage of the health care reform bill.