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For a State of the Union Home Run, the President Should Stand Up for Social Security

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 03.23.2012

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Richard (RJ) Eskow

The State of the Union address offers President Obama perfect chance for a home run. There's no better way for the president to start the year than with a vigorous, unambiguous defense of Social Security -- and Medicare, too.

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Sam Stein

Super Committee Presentation Goes Over Required Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats on the congressional super committee have produced a "presentation" that would include a roughly equal mix of spending cuts an...

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Sam Stein

Obama Publicly Backs Means-Testing Medicare

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama formally acknowledged on Friday that he would support a plan to means-test Medicare as a part of a deal to raise ...

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Sam Stein

Rep. Nadler On Obama's Medicare Proposal: 'There Won't Be Any Democratic Votes For That'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama's vision of a grand deal on raising the nation's debt ceiling may have been scrapped by a skittish Speaker John Boehner ...

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Sam Stein

Obama Offered To Raise Medicare Eligibility Age As Part Of Grand Debt Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In his press conference on Monday morning, President Barack Obama repeatedly insisted that he was willing to tackle some sacred cows as...

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Medicare Represents a Right to Health Care for Seniors

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 08.02.2011

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Miles J. Zaremski

I have refrained from filing a web log ("blog") in recent weeks on my favorite topic, health care being a right for all Americans, that I first wrote ...

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