AP: The Affordable Care Act Shrinks The “ Doughnut Hole“ By 40 Percent

AP: The Affordable Care Act Shrinks The “ Doughnut Hole“ By 40 Percent

Affordable Care Act Lowering Prescription Drug Costs For Seniors

Affordable Care Act Lowering Prescription Drug Costs For Seniors: pSeniors — the demographic most skeptical about health care reform — are already benefiting from provisions in the Affordable Care Act, the Associate Press’ Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar reports, as the law gradually closes the doughnut hole in Medicare Part D. The coverage gap is the result of a political compromise in the Medicare Modernization Act of [...]/p

United States Still Number 1 … In Health Care Spending

United States Still Number 1 … In Health Care Spending: pA new Health at a Glance 2011 report finds — to nobody’s great surprise — that the United States is leading the world in health care costs, spending some $7,960 per person in 2009 or 2.5 times the average of the 34 other countries studied: The report attributes the difference to higher than average prices [...]/p

GOP Super Committee Co-Chair: Lawmakers Failed Because Democrats Refused To Privatize Medicare

GOP Super Committee Co-Chair: Lawmakers Failed Because Democrats Refused To Privatize Medicare: pRep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) faults the Democrats’ refusal to accept partial Medicare privatization for the super committee’s inability to come up with a bipartisan plan to lower spending in today’s Wall Street Journal. He writes, “Democrats on the committee made it clear that the new spending called for in the president’s health law was off [...]/p

Poll: Tea Party Voters Oppose Cuts To Medicare, Social Security

Poll: Tea Party Voters Oppose Cuts To Medicare, Social Security: pA new McClatchy-Marist Institute for Public Opinion poll shows 81 percent of voters oppose major cuts to Social Security and Medicare. The poll, which tests voters’ opinions of deficit cutting policies being considered by the super committee, found overwhelming opposition to such cuts within each demographic. Even supposedly anti-government Tea Party supporters opposed the cuts [...]/p

Too bad they voted for people who plan to destroy it.

Report: Health Reform Could Save Families $2,161 Annually By 2020

Report: Health Reform Could Save Families $2,161 Annually By 2020: pHealth insurance premiums for employer-sponsored coverage increased by 50 percent from 2003 to 2010 and will “rise 72 percent by 2020, to nearly $24,000″ if Congress repeals the Affordable Care Act, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund concludes. Over the last seven years, premiums outpaced income growth in every state, as employees contributed an [...]/p

Rep. Jeb Hensarling to Super Congress Democrats: Privatize Medicare, then we'll talk

Rep. Jeb Hensarling to Super Congress Democrats: Privatize Medicare, then we'll talk

The myth of early retirement | Economic Policy Institute

The myth of early retirement | Economic Policy Institute

Ain't That A Shame: Pat Boone And 60 Plus Attack Sen. Sherrod Brown With Recycled Health Care Lies

Ain't That A Shame: Pat Boone And 60 Plus Attack Sen. Sherrod Brown With Recycled Health Care Lies

PERRspectives: Romney Pushes Privatization of Medicare, Veterans' Health

PERRspectives: Romney Pushes Privatization of Medicare, Veterans' Health

Sick in U.S. More Likely to Skip Care Than Elsewhere | Common Dreams

Sick in U.S. More Likely to Skip Care Than Elsewhere | Common Dreams

Four Problems In Mitt Romney’s Medicare Proposal

Four Problems In Mitt Romney’s Medicare Proposal: pThe Huffington Post’s Jon Ward has an interesting piece about Romney’s successful roll-out of his plan to partially privatize the Medicare program for future enrollees. Romney — who had leaked aspects of the proposal during interviews — met with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) before officially announcing his “premium support” proposal at the end of last [...]/p

Mitt Romney Promises to Raise Retirement Age, Privatize Medicare and Slash Government Jobs at Koch Brothers Event

Mitt Romney Promises to Raise Retirement Age, Privatize Medicare and Slash Government Jobs at Koch Brothers Event