Medicare Spending

21st Century Tax Policy and Aging Populations

Michael Hodin | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Taxes, Income Tax, Aging, Baby Boomers, Age Warfare, Gen X, Robert Hormats, Aging Population, Tax Day, Warren Buffett, Medicare Spending, Medicare, Boomers, Buffet Rule, Education Spending, Tax Policy, Fifty News
Michael Hodin

If Boomers want to continue the proud national tradition of handing off a better America to each generation, then it's time to rethink what it means to age.

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New Report Calms Jittery White House Ahead Of 2012

AP | By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Video, Health Care Cost Controls, Health Care Law, Health Care Spending, Medicare Spending, Hhs, Medicare, Obama Health Care Law, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Is health-care relief finally in sight? Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation's economy in 2010 after two back-to-back ye...

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The Defining Issue: Not Government's Size, But Who It's For

Robert Reich | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Corporate America, Government Money, Tea Party Big Government, Medicare Spending, Paul Ryan Medicare, Medicare, Corporate Greed, Corporate Taxes, Big Government, Politics News
Robert Reich

"Big government" isn't the problem. The problem is big money is taking over government.

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Obama Offers Social Security Cuts In Debt Negotiations

The Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 09.05.2011

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President Obama is pressing congressional leaders to consider a far-reaching debt-reduction plan that would force Democrats to accept major changes to...

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Is Medicare Just Bad at Controlling Cost?

Brian Reid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medicare Spending, Medicare Overspending, Mcallen Texas, Medicare, Mcallen Medicare, Medicare Waste, Politics News
Brian Reid

A 2009 article offered a tantalizing prospect for policymakers: figure out how to make the country's high-cost McAllens look more like El Pasos and save billions, ensure the solvency of Medicare and reduce the economic drag of health care spending

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Senate Votes To Cut Medicare Home Health Care Spending

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medicare Cuts, Blanche Lincoln, Senate Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform, Gop, Medicare Spending, Medicare, Democrats, Health Care, Home Health Care, Senate Health Bill, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Casting health care overhaul as a legacy for the American people and failure as politically unthinkable, President Barack Obama on ...

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House Health Care Bill Reportedly Would Sharply Reduce Benefits For Senior Citizens

The Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Medicare Spending, Senior Care, Health Insurance, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care Reform, Majority Leader Harry M. Reid, Medicare, Medicaid, Nancy Pelosia Health Care Bill, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Health Care, Richard S. Foster, Politics News

A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending -- one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama's proposed overhaul ...

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Republicans Fight Plans To Cut Medicare Spending

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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After years of trying to cut Medicare spending, Republican lawmakers have emerged as champions of the program, accusing Democrats of trying to steal f...

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