CSRS and FERS Handbook for Personnel and Payroll Offices Fedamerica. Com has a series of handbooks for federal employees, including a CSRS and FERS Handbook used by personnel offices. This handbook is used to advise Federal agencies about various aspects of benefits administration. You can also download the entire handbook as one pdf file at the end of this document. The National Economic Council issued a report entitled America s Seniors and Medicare which has a lot of valuable information for the ongoing debate over prescription drugs.
Numerous studies confirm that as people age, they want to remain in their home communities.
The Guide contains a survey instrument addressing each topic and a bibliography targeted to each topic. In an unprecedented move, AAPS issued an urgent press release calling for members to get out of the Medicare program. According to the press release, doctors should leave Medicare for the sake of patients and the integrity of the profession. The association believes that Medicare endangers seniors, punishes the best doctors and creates an environment in which doctors are forced to spend less time treating patients and more time complying with government regulations. Furthermore, doctors are afraid to treat difficult cases or take on new patients because of Medicare rules and government threats.