medicare

Since the late 1990s, the labor force participation rate has been steadily declining. However, since 2008, this rate of decline has accelerated. The Atlanta Fed published a drat paper on Monday analyzing these trends and trying to discover the root causes of the decline in the labor force...

During Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testimony today before Congress, Republican Congressman Spencer Bachus and Democrat Congressman Barney Frank engaged in a debate over what would be the best way to solve America's growing deficit problem. Congressman Bachus said that the most important...

Oppenheimer has published a research report on Chemed Corporation (NYSE: CHE) after seeing the company's stock trend downward today on the details of a lawsuit submitted in the US District Court in Dallas, Texas. In the report, Oppenheimer writes, "Shares of Chemed are down significantly today on...

FOX Business Network host David Asman warns of a troubling addiction on Wall Street. “Ben Bernanke has two mandates, and he has failed on both,” Asman told Benzinga during a recent Q&A. “[First] to maintain the value of the currency, [and second] to keep unemployment low. Like the President,...

  This article on Bloomberg addresses a huge, and largely underreported issue: the aging Baby Boomers.   This post WWII cohort has made some recent headlines in regard to entitlement reform.  The real impact, however, could be far wider than just the future of both Social Security and Medicare....

The title is a play on the Medicare donut hole in which is a gap in coverage when people must pay more for drugs, but it looks as if Congress could actually reform Medicare, which would be a tremendous move from their previous stance of not touching the social safety net at all. According to this...

House Republicans released their plans Tuesday morning to reduce the federal deficit by $5 trillion over the next decade. Republican Paul Ryan, House Budget Committee Representative, unveiled the plan not as a proposal for legislation, but rather as a guideline for future action in Congress and as...

House of Representatives Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan will announce his plan Tuesday, which aims to cut expenses by fundamentally changing the role the government plays in paying for health care for the elderly. The new plan, which analysts consider unlikely to pass Congress, would phase...

Oppenheimer has issued a report following the announcement of the Medicare Advantage Rates for 2012. According to the report, "CMS released the FY2012 rate announcement, which would have a net effect of +0.4%, compared to +1.6% in the 45-day notice released in mid-February. The primary reason for...

Goldman Sachs has published a research report on WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG) after the company reported that the Medicare drug plan enrollment showed to be stronger than expected. In the report, Goldman Sachs writes "Ahead of an investor presentation later this week, WellCare announced...

The chairman of the American Society of Clinical Oncology has written a report to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and is recommending coverage of Dendreon's (NASDAQ: DNDN) cancer drug, Provenge. You can see the letter here. Shares of Dendreon are jumping pre-market, up $1.09 to $...

Shares of Gentiva Health Services Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIV) are lower on the session by 4.22%, currently trading at $21.36. The stock has been trading largely lower over the past three months, accelerating that slide to the downside as of late. GTIC is one of several targets in a Securities and Exchange...

Shares of Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) ended the session off 3.75%, trading at $32.33, but have since cratered in the after-hours trade. The biotechnology company is currently trading at $27.00, off another 16.50%. Dow Jones is reporting that Medicare is probing into their “coverage” of Provenge...