so whether you work for yourself, you're employed, retired, or medicare-eligible, call now for free information. and get what you need to make health care decisions... that work for you. you don't even have to be an aarp member to call. all you have to do is be yourself. and, if you have any questions about medicare, call today and get your free copy of "medicare made clear," by unitedhealth educational publishing group. it will help you better understand all your choices. so don't wait. call today for your free guide. >>> we are back with pat kiernan, anchor of "new york 1 news "and d.l. hughley, radio show host and comedian looshgsing behind the headlines with professor she vi now. >> we all know a falters economy and high unemployment affects our wallets also your states' wallets. just like you and me they have to balance the money coming in with the money going out. in planning for fas cal year 2010, 28 states faced fas cal risks. more money going out than coming in. states' revenue from income tax decreases, fewer working, fewer taxes paid. states need to find other ways to get your money.

health care reform bill would reduce some reimbursements to providers, it would not cut medicare benefits or eligibility one bit. but the commission could recommend cuttin cuts in medicae eligibility. i might say also that the congressional budget office, i remind my colleagues, estimated that the health care reform bill that passed this body would reduce the budget deficit by $132 billion over ten years and furred reduce the budget deficit between $650 billion to $1.3 trillion in the next ten years. and what about social security? some people talk as if social security is a major tack tear of the long-term budget deficits. with the congressional budget office projections of the 75-year growth for medicare and medicaid it tells a different story. before enactment of helmet care reform it is more than seven times the growth of social security spendings. reduced projections of midterm or long-term federal deficits we should use the regular order in congress to do so and there's good reason. that's because the system is already working. the comprehensive health reform bill that is waiting final approval by

medicare away in this bill. in fact, anything you get from this particular program does not impact your eligibility for ssi, medicare or medicaid. that was big. that was big because we don't want to go into the poverty model again in order to get what you pay, on your paycheck for. so we went that route, and how could impact medicate? what we said, if for example you have four or five adls, you're probably going to be at the $100 at a level at a minimum. that's $3000 a month. it for some reason you need to go into a longer term care facility, if that happens to be what works for you, and that's where you are and the cost is, let's say, what's the average? $7000 a month. this pacers before medicaid pays. that's there if that what works for you because they still are providing you a roof over your head and food and someone there. the qualities of another issue, but that is how we felt that should go. the second piece is, if you access the medicaid and you wind up using it as a home ingenuity-based option, and, and the package of options in the state really include the tough stuff and the tough stuff is going to be assist

providing benefit for six and cut out of medicare at a time when people eligible for medicare is going to skyrocket. starting this year, 2010, those who turned 65 or born after world war ii, and for the next 15 years the number of people who are eligible for the medicare program is going to increase dramatically and during that time i think we're going to see he a need to have -- to see a need to have a significant reform for the medicare program but the money saved is going to be made available to have more people covered under the program, not to divert it to set up a whole new government spending scheme. we've been joined by the gentleman from iowa, and i'd like to yield to mr. king for his comments about the balance budget amendment. mr. king: i thank the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, for leading on this special order tonight and for leading on fiscal responsibility here in the united states congress. this balanced budget amendment is something i'm proud to be an original co-sponsor of. i've done so every time that this has been offered since i've been here in congress and the dialogue that's here tonight adds so much to something th

be eligible, a beneficiary must have two physicians certified that they have a prognosis of six more or less. they have to agree in writing to forgo treatment for the terminal condition. the medicare hospice benefit is a one-size-fits-all benefit. the eligibility rules and benefits package and payment for hospice are the same for all nursing home residents and community dwellers who use the benefit. hospice is paid a fixed daily rate to provide all care related to the terminal condition. when the benefit was adopted in 1983, it was intended to allow terminally ill and the fisheries -- beneficiaries to die at home with improved quality of life. it was expected that hospitalce enrollees would have reduced hospital costs. it was extended to the nursing home setting in 1989. the use in that setting has grown. a relatively small amount of nursing home patients elect a benefit, about 6% per year. the payment the nursing home receives for the long term support services is the same, regardless of whether a resident elects the hospice benefit or not. if they do not, the nursing home is responsible for providing end of life services out of current funds. low medicaid rates in some states ca

quality plans and medicare advantage plans that hold costs down would be eligible for extra reimbursement. in case somebody wonders is this a special deal for organic, this will help oring inefficient, it will reward them for holding costs down. boosting the effort against fraud is absolutely key, as the question suggests. the single most important medicare reform that could be çput in place is a new reimbursement system that no longer rewards inefficiency, no longer rewards of volume. it starts rewarding providers, doctors and hospitals, for good- quality, affordable care. i was able to get a measure in the senate bill that would do that. >> number 764. then 869. >> this is a very quiet -- >> my name is david. i am an inventor of the gate harness system. it is a durable medical equipment device used for walking and standing. we have worked in getting people walking up for about 20 years. and getting a specific outcome is a great way for cost containment. my question, as you are talking about medicare and quality and quality of care, and this is really very specifically focused in the army of walking, -- the area ofna of walking, and i have seen people are not getti

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