1/24/12
Boehner Promises To Revisit Medicare Privatization In This Year’s Budget
Boehner Promises To Revisit Medicare Privatization In This Year’s Budget: pDuring an appearance on Fox News Sunday, House Speaker John Beohner (R-OH) confirmed that Republicans won’t be backing away from plans to privatize the Medicare program this year — despite voters’ rejection of the plan — and will attempt to “pursue a bipartisan Medicare proposal in order to deflect Democratic attacks”: WALLACE: Will the House [...]/p
1/20/12
1/18/12
Conservative States Make Progress In Implementing Obamacare, Administration Report Finds
Conservative States Make Progress In Implementing Obamacare, Administration Report Finds: pThe Obama administration has released a new report tracking the progress of states in building the health care exchanges that are part of the Affordable Care Act. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia “are on their way toward establishing their own Affordable Insurance Exchange,” the report notes and have received three rounds of grants [...]/p
1/17/12
No Graphs, Just Graphics: Illustrating The Success Of Health Care Reform
No Graphs, Just Graphics: Illustrating The Success Of Health Care Reform: pOur guest bloggers are Emily Oshima, a Research Associate/Policy Analyst with the Health Policy team and Lindsay Rosenthal, a Special Assistant for Domestic Policy at the Center for American Progress. While the ACA has helped millions of Americans since it President Obama signed it into law on March 23, 2010, a recent poll found that [...]/p
1/16/12
1/10/12
CBO: Raising Medicare Age Would Reduce Medicare Spending By 5 Percent, But Increase Costs To Seniors
CBO: Raising Medicare Age Would Reduce Medicare Spending By 5 Percent, But Increase Costs To Seniors: pA new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis finds that raising the Medicare eligibility age (MEA), a popular conservative entitlement reform proposal that has also received limited support from President Obama and Democrats in Congress, could reduce Medicare spending by about 5 percent over the long-term: CBO expects that most people affected by the change would [...]/p
1/9/12
1/6/12
1/4/12
Gingrich Calls For A ‘Voucherized’ Veterans Health Care System
Gingrich Calls For A ‘Voucherized’ Veterans Health Care System: pNewt Gingrich told a veteran during a town hall in Concord, New Hampshire this afternoon that he would support voucherizing the Veterans Health Administration, saying, “I think we should find ways to create satellite clinics that are local so people don’t have to travel and we should also find a way to have a voucherized [...]/p
Now they want to throw the Vets to the insurance wolves.
Now they want to throw the Vets to the insurance wolves.
Rick Santorum Compares ‘Social Welfare Programs’ Like Medicaid To Fascism In Iowa Speech
Rick Santorum Compares ‘Social Welfare Programs’ Like Medicaid To Fascism In Iowa Speech: pRick Santorum delivered what sounded like a victory speech in Iowa last night, where he fell just eight votes short of victory to Mitt Romney. During his remarks, the former Pennsylvania senator said his grandfather’s decision to flee Mussolini’s Italy inspired him to enter the race and fight against President Obama’s reliance on government. The [...]/p
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