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The 66-year-old Sacramento man has survived male breast cancer, diabetes and congestive heart failure. And he pays $480 a month to a private insurer to supplement his Medicare, getting extra benefits by enrolling in an increasingly popular program called Medicare Advantage. He doesn't want to be pushed into the regular Medicare program.]]> http://en.americansforcoordinatedhealthcare.org/10_steps_to_better_health_care http://en.americansforcoordinatedhealthcare.org/the_next_healthcare_battle_cutting_medicare_advantage
Reporting from Washington

President Obama, struggling to discredit bogus charges that his healthcare overhaul would create "death panels," soon could face another emotionally charged obstacle -- a plan to trim the federal subsidy for a program used by nearly a quarter of Medicare beneficiaries.]]> http://en.americansforcoordinatedhealthcare.org/medicare_offers_lessons_for_national_health_care_reform http://en.americansforcoordinatedhealthcare.org/medicare_advantage_works http://en.americansforcoordinatedhealthcare.org/medicare_advantage_cuts_wrong_prescription_for_improving_healthcare_efficiency http://en.americansforcoordinatedhealthcare.org/palm_springs_doctor_patients_lobby_washington_for_medicare
Hoffing, medical director of Desert Oasis Healthcare, one of the Coachella Valley's largest health care providers, and several of his patients made rounds on Capitol Hill talking with lawmakers about some of the proposed changes being discussed for Medicare amid the larger debate on health care reform.]]> http://en.americansforcoordinatedhealthcare.org/the_commonwealth_fund_case_study_highperforming_health_care_organizations_2009 http://en.americansforcoordinatedhealthcare.org/accountable_care_organizations_recognized_in_federal_health_reform_proposals http://en.americansforcoordinatedhealthcare.org/retirees_may_well_worry_about_healthcare_reform
And that was the case long before we learned that President Barack Obama plans to cut $313 billion in Medicare and Medicaid spending and reform this nation's health-care system. It's anybody's guess what retirees might need if those reform plans become a reality.]]> http://en.americansforcoordinatedhealthcare.org/the_cost_conundrum