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Jennifer Lubell

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'Never events'--never paid?

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗

The devil is in the D tales. While politicians squabble, physicians and pharmacists are forced to advise seniors on Part D despite being unprepared.

The enrollment period for Medicare Part D ended on May 15, but the controversy is far from over. While politicians bickered, pharmacists and physicians like Jeffrey Kerr, left, have been forced to play the role of adviser to confused patients--a role doctors aren't sure they are prepared to fill because of their own lack of resources about the benefit. "We've had to do a lot of this work ourselves," Kerr says.

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Proof or consequences. Law to curb illegal immigrants' Medicaid coverage may sting U.S. citizens seeking medical treatment without documentation.

By requiring providers to ask Medicaid patients to prove citizenship, the government is creating a quandary: providers can comply and potentially lose millions in reimbursements or forfeit matching funds if they don't. Ironically, the mandate could cause millions of eligible patients to lose health coverage because they can't supply the documents, says Ron Pollack, left.

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