Medicare Cuts

Inventor Of Paul Ryan's Medicare Idea Explains Why It's Wrong

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The co-creator of the concept that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is relying upon to reform Medicare no longer thinks it will work. Henry Aaron...

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Paul Ryan's Vision For Medicare Will Win, Dem Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats who are staking the 2012 election in part on the charge that Republicans will "end Medicare as we know it" likely will join in...

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Paul Ryan Fundraises Off Obama 'Trojan Horse' Slam

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.03.2012

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Saying that President Barack Obama "isn’t interested in governing," House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan sent an email blast to supporters Tues...

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Is New Jersey Governor Chris Christie the One Being Groomed for 2016?

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2012

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Hmm, if the GOP intelligentsia keeps ruminating on Christie we may see more of this new, improved, thoughtful Chris Christie making the rounds before 2016.

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Republicans to America: Death to Medicare

Ethan Rome | Posted 05.15.2012

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When the Republicans release their budget next week, they'll likely say they have a "new" Medicare proposal that will "save" Medicare instead of eliminate it. That's not true. The Republicans still plan to end Medicare as we know it. But they'll do so with the support of Democratic Senator Ron Wyden.

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Romney Goes Severely Conservative on Medicare

Ethan Rome | Posted 04.25.2012

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Romney wants to raise Medicare eligibility age by one month per year and eventually tie the age to life expectancy. It's just plain wrong to make people wait. It will cause people to go without care and cost businesses more money.

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Congress Gearing Up For Big Fight

Posted 01.16.2012

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By ANDREW TAYLOR, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- Republicans would cut federal employee benefits. President Barack Obama would raise fees for airli...

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Medicare Braces For Draconian Cut

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 02.19.2012

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WASHINGTON — Nearly 650,000 doctors caring for millions of seniors will get a steep cut in Medicare payments Jan. 18 unless a gridlocked Congres...

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Ryan-Wyden Medicare Plan: Great Political Trap, Dubious Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.15.2011

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Anyone who thought that the 2012 election battle over health care would be a simple matter between President Barack Obama and a candidate who wants to...

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Paul Ryan To Do A 180 On Medicare

The Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 02.13.2012

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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, who has been castigated by Democrats and hailed by Republicans for his plan to privatize Medicare, will on ...

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Republicans Find Way Around Raising Taxes

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 02.12.2012

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WASHINGTON — Republicans may have found a way to squeeze more money out of well-to-do Americans without raising their taxes. A year-end economi...

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Guns or Butter? Decisions After the Failure of the Super Committee

Abdulrahman El-Sayed | Posted 02.08.2012

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We face, today, our own hard and inescapable facts that call into question what the most important pursuits of America's responsibility and purpose at home and abroad really are. Guns to kill people in other countries or butter to save people in our own?

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Clock Ticking For Congress To Avoid Draconian Cuts

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 01.28.2012

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WASHINGTON — Politicians of both parties outdo each other vying for the approval of seniors, but their inability to compromise on the federal bu...

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Amid Failure, Lawmakers Scramble To Avoid Super Committee Triggers

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.21.2012

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WASHINGTON — Don't look for the Pentagon to shut down one side of its famous five-sided building. Don't expect the Education Department to pull ...

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Deficit-Cutting Committee Reaches Deadline

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 01.21.2012

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WASHINGTON — Congress' supercommittee conceded ignominious defeat Monday in its quest to conquer a government debt that stands at a staggering $...

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Obama-Allied Group Launches Supercommittee Ad Campaign Targeting GOPers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In a reflection of how close the supercommittee is getting to its do or die moment, a Democratic-allied group is launching a series of t...

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Deficit-Cutting Committee Deadlocked As Clock Ticks

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 01.10.2012

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WASHINGTON — With Congress' supercommittee stymied, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday of a "paper tiger" Pentagon if the panel fail...

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E Pluribus Unum or Social Darwinism?

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 12.26.2011

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In Washington, the translation of E Pluribus Unum has been lost. The belief that we are one nation -- united in purpose -- caring about and for one another is no longer the practice.

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Half Of Texas Doctors Threaten To Turn Away Medicare Patients: Survey

McClatchy | Posted 12.07.2011

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Half of Texas physicians would consider withdrawing from the Medicare program if Congress allows a forthcoming deep cut in reimbursement payments, Tex...

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I Hope Obama's Veto Threat Is the Start of a New Effort to Fight Back Against the GOP

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.21.2011

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I understand that President Obama is very interested in appearing above the fray, avoiding partisan battles. But the current GOP is interested in nothing but partisan battles.

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President Obama Targets Providers, Then Beneficiaries For Medicare Savings

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama wants to extract $320 billion in savings from the health care system in his push to trim the deficit, starting with cutt...

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The White House Won't Touch Social Security. Great! Now, About Medicare...

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 11.15.2011

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For all the scare talk, one fact is inescapable: British and Canadian health plans are much cheaper than ours. And the only plan in this country that approaches theirs in public approval is... Medicare.

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Obama Pushes Medicare Cuts In Jobs Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In his jobs speech before Congress Thursday night, President Barack Obama appeared to call on congressional Democrats to cut Medicare, a...

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Raising the Medicare Age: 8 Reasons Why It's the Worst Presidential "Bargain" Since 1854

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 10.30.2011

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The Capital's misplaced focus on austerity has led to plenty of bad ideas, but one of the worst is raising the Medicare retirement age to 67. It may be the most destructive deal to come out of Washington since the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.

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GOP Senator: 'Good Thing I Can't Pack A Gun On The Senate Floor'

Posted 10.18.2011

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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) blasted Congress for America's financial troubles and predicted that the debt ceiling agreement would unravel this fall, cal...

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