KSOO-AM 1140 - Live, Local and Breaking News from Sioux Falls, South Dakota » Medicare http://ksoo.com The Talk of Sioux Falls Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:44:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 AARP South Dakota Goes On The Road Again http://ksoo.com/aarp-south-dakota-goes-on-the-road-again/ http://ksoo.com/aarp-south-dakota-goes-on-the-road-again/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 00:59:16 +0000 Dan Peters http://ksoo.com/?p=103434 AARP South Dakota kicks off its 2013 You’ve Earned a Say tour with a session in Sioux Falls, Thursday, May 30, from 1-2 pm at Active Generations.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/aarp-south-dakota-goes-on-the-road-again/feed/ 0 (Dan Peters/KSOO) South Dakota Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Medicaid Expansion http://ksoo.com/south-dakota-lawmakers-hold-hearing-on-medicaid-expansion/ http://ksoo.com/south-dakota-lawmakers-hold-hearing-on-medicaid-expansion/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:17:10 +0000 Associated Press http://ksoo.com/?p=67450 PIERRE - South Dakota lawmakers are taking another look at the possibility of expanding Medicaid to cover thousands more people.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/south-dakota-lawmakers-hold-hearing-on-medicaid-expansion/feed/ 0 Clipart Struggling Seniors Set to Win One, Lose One http://ksoo.com/struggling-seniors-set-to-win-one-lose-one/ http://ksoo.com/struggling-seniors-set-to-win-one-lose-one/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:15:59 +0000 John Gossom http://ksoo.com/?p=64884 WASHINGTON - First the good news: the Obama Administration has indicated through the White House Press Secretary that it will not agree to increase the eligibility age for Medicare as part of the upcoming sequester negotiations.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/struggling-seniors-set-to-win-one-lose-one/feed/ 0 Clipart Medicare Premiums Going Up $5 a Month for 2013 http://ksoo.com/medicare-premiums-going-up-5-a-month-for-2013/ http://ksoo.com/medicare-premiums-going-up-5-a-month-for-2013/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:47:34 +0000 Tony Wright http://ksoo.com/?p=33410 The government says Medicare premiums are going up $5 a month for 2013. That's less than expected, but it'll still eat up nearly one-fourth of the typical cost-of-living raise for retirees.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/medicare-premiums-going-up-5-a-month-for-2013/feed/ 0 Report on Privatized Medicare Cost Becomes Campaign Fodder http://ksoo.com/report-on-privatized-medicare-cost-becomes-campaign-fodder/ http://ksoo.com/report-on-privatized-medicare-cost-becomes-campaign-fodder/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:02:12 +0000 Associated Press http://ksoo.com/?p=22966 A study out today on how much a privatized Medicare system might cost recipients has already become fodder for the presidential campaigns.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/report-on-privatized-medicare-cost-becomes-campaign-fodder/feed/ 0 Clipart Optometrist Admits Guilt, Faces Sentencing http://ksoo.com/optometrist-admits-guilt-faces-sentencing/ http://ksoo.com/optometrist-admits-guilt-faces-sentencing/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:18:54 +0000 Gene Hetland http://ksoo.com/?p=22321 An optometrist who most recently practiced in Rapid City is to be sentenced in December after pleading guilty to two felonies involving Medicaid fraud.
Attorney General Marty Jackley says 60-year-old Doctor Cary Feldman of Spearfish entered the guilty plea to grand theft by deception, a felony punishable by up to ten years in prison, and making false claims, a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a $10,000

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