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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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elderly
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For the elderly , Medicare HMOs offer prescription coverage and other extras at no added cost.
social
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The direct cost of Social Security and Medicare to employees stood at $ 464 billion in 1994.
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Last but certainly not least, Social Security and Medicare have been very good deals for participants.
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Approximately 75 percent of taxpayers are now paying more in Social Security and Medicare taxes than they pay in income taxes.
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Something has happened, however, to the bargain that Social Security and Medicare have been.
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Suggested it would take a bipartisan commission to find answers for long-term imbalances in Social Security and Medicare .
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Those wages are subject to Social Security, Medicare , income and federal unemployment taxes.
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In collective systems like Social Security and Medicare , the risks are hidden and beyond the control of individuals.
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On the campaign trail, Dole has ruled out cutting defense, Social Security and Medicare .
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beneficiary
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In California, 38 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are members of HMOs, compared with about 11. 5 percent nationally.
patient
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Or aren't turned away because you're a Medicare patient .
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The plan would set up a new payment system for services to Medicare patients who see their doctors at hospital outpatient clinics.
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In effect, Gingrich is holding the Interior Department hostage to his attempt to put new restrictions on Medicare patients .
payment
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The database and a new Medicare payment system are scheduled to begin operating next year and be completed in 1999.
program
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CareFirst withdrew from the federal Medicare program last year and limited its Maryland Medicaid coverage to the city of Baltimore.
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Similarly, our social security and Medicare programs provide financial support for the retired and aged sick.
recipient
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Can you imagine requiring that all Medicaid and Medicare recipients go to public hospitals?
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The result is that the entire cost will be paid out of general Treasury funds, rather than by Medicare recipients .
reform
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It is still acting as if Democrats offer a free ride to Medicare reform and the Republicans a drive over the cliff.
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He attacked them on Medicare reform .
■ VERB
cover
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Diagnostic services attract lower benefits, while some services provided by professions allied to medicine are not covered by Medicare .
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The stockings would not be covered under traditional Medicare rules.
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If they do this, the doctor is paid the 85% of the fee covered by Medicare and the patient pays nothing.
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Most senior citizens also lack coverage for prescription drugs and dental care, which are not covered by Medicare .
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The expense of these programs would be covered by Medicare for the first time.
cut
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Dole voted to cut Medicare by $ 270 billion.
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The Republicans in Congress cut Medicare $ 270 billion.
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A part of the Democratic campaign litany is the claim that Republicans cut spending for Medicare .
include
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Greg Ganske, R-Iowa, managed to include in the big Medicare and Medicaid funding measures important protections for managed-care patients.
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Other fixes are more complex and include changing how Medicare pays doctors and hospitals, monitors spending and subsidizes private health insurers.
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Public and private third-party programs include Medicare and Medicaid.
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An attempt to pass a Republican budget that includes major changes in Medicare may occur again next month.
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Today the employer-employee payroll tax burden has hit a joint 15. 3 %, if you include Medicare .
pay
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The bill was paid by Medicare .
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That spending covers all federal functions but automatically paid benefits like Medicare , and would total $ 661 billion next year.
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The cost of blood testing strips used by diabetics to check their blood sugar also would be paid by Medicare .
project
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The improved forecast is largely due to lower projected costs for Medicare and Medicaid and welfare reform.
protect
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We have to be vigilant about protecting Medicare and Medicaid.
reduce
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The Republican plan would reduce Medicare spending by $ 270 billion over seven years.
spend
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Some health care experts were also disappointed by Bush's overall Medicare spending .
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As a federal spending program, Medicare now ranks fourth behind Social Security, defense and debt service.
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A part of the Democratic campaign litany is the claim that Republicans cut spending for Medicare .
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They fell short of the sizable reductions they had sought in spending for Medicare , coverage for the elderly and disabled.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dole voted to cut Medicare by $ 270 billion.
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Further regulation is not likely to improve things. Medicare and Medicaid have a plethora of policies that escalate their own costs.
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It favours the employed with good incomes on the one hand and the Medicare and Medicaid programmes on the other.
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Recently a self-styled young adults' lobby called Third Millennium hit on a provocative way to explain the impending Medicare crisis.
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Republicans were pushing for saving about $ 168 billion from the Medicare health program for the elderly over the next seven years.
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This, they added, could jeopardize other large benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.