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

The Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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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Medical Malpractice Tort Reform - We Are Already Suffering and Don't Need More

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Nebraska, Medical Errors, California, Tort Reform, Congressional Budget Office, Indiana, Medical Malpractice, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

Tort "reform" is a doozy of a misnomer. There is certainly nothing positive or beneficial about it.

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What the CBO Isn't Telling Congress: Climate Change Threatens Million of Jobs

Brendan Smith | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Polls, Politics, Green Jobs, Environment, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Congressional Budget Office, Green Politics, Global Warming, Green News
Brendan Smith

How many epidemics and Katrinas will it take to expose the myth that the U.S. economy is somehow exempt from the threats of climate change?

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Housing Market Buoyed By $300 BILLION In Government Aid: CBO

Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

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A new report from the Congressional Budget Office attempts to put a number on the amount of money the government has poured into the housing market. C...

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Public Option Plan Will Cover Few Americans, New Statistic Reveals

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Robert Zirkelbach, Commonwealth Fund, Public Option, Drew Altman, Private Insurers, Congressional Budget Office, Kaiser Family Foundation, Government Insurance Plan, Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Harry Reid, Medicaid, Health Care, America's Health Insurance Plans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — What's all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats' push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carrier...

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Ryan Grim

CBO Analysis: Both House Plans Would Cover At Least 35 Million Uninsured

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robust Public Option, Health Care Bill, Clyburn Cbo, James Clyburn, Cbo, Health Care Debate, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Cbo Analysis, Medicare, Medicaid, Congressional Budget Office, Jim Clyburn, Politics News

Two competing House health care reform proposals would extend coverage to at least 35 million Americans within ten years, according to a Congressional...

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Who Should Pay for Health Insurance Reform?

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Taxation, Evan Bayh, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Health Care for America Now, Congressional Budget Office, Hcan, Who Should Pay?, Max Baucus, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Glenn Beck, Kent Conrad, Mary Landrieu, Citizens for Tax Justice, Wall Street Journal, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Peter Dreier

"Much has been given" to those Americans at the pinnacle of wealth. So it is only fair that "much will be required" when it comes to helping pay for health insurance for those who can't otherwise afford it.

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"Cadillac" Health Plans a Smooth Ride or a Bumpy Road?

Robin Baker | Posted 10.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Health Care Reform, Jay Rockefeller, Congressional Budget Office, Colorado Politics, Senate Finance Committee, Cbo, Cadillac Health Insurance Plans, Denver News
Robin Baker

The Finance Committee's proposal would impose a tax on employer-sponsored insurance for plans with costs above $21,000 for a family. In Colorado, the average annual premium cost was $11,952 for a family.

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Shopping for Health Care at the Thrift Store

Michael J. Wilson | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Senate Finance Committee, Congressional Budget Office, Cbo Health Care Plan, Public Option, CBO Health Care Reform, Private Insurance Prices, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Michael J. Wilson

Without the public option, the truth is that we have a bill that might cost the government less, but costs consumers more. The public option will create the competition needed to drive down prices of private insurance.

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20 GOP Politicians Repeat $1,761 Clean Energy Bill Lie

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Treasury Department, Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Senator Murkowski, Senator Inhofe, John Boehner, Senator Wicker, Green, League of Conservation Voters, Joel Pollack, Deniers, Mike Pence, Cbs, Cynthia Lummis, Cap and Trade, Politifact, Nrcc, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, Politics News, Wonk Room, Congressional Budget Office, Washington Post, Environmental Defense, John Culberson, Senator Alexander, Oregon GOP, Fred Upton, Represenative Markey, Politics, Roy Blunt, Clean Energy, Mitt Romney, Global Warming, National Republican Congressional Committee, Blaine Leutkemeyer, Politico, Value Voters Summit, Mike Bearn, Politics News
Josh Nelson

For the past few weeks Republicans have latched onto the $1,761 energy tax lie to oppose clean energy legislation.

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CBO: Baucus Bill Reduces Deficit By $81 Billion, Costs $829 Billion Over A Decade

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Health care legislation drafted by a key Senate committee would expand coverage to 94 percent of all eligible Americans at a 10-yea...

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Decision Day For Democrats: Poll Shows Path to Healthcare Reform

John Zogby | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baucus Bill, Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill, Individual Mandate Plan, Tort Reform, Public Option, Polling, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Max Baucus Health Care, Congressional Budget Office, Malpractice Reform, Zogby Poll, Politics News
John Zogby

This is the fork in the road for the Senate's Democratic leaders: they must choose between the tort lawyers and a health care bill that could re-unite a country that has turned against the present bill.

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No On Abortions, Yes On Bill, Says GOP Congressman Cao

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

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Kathleen Wells, J.D.

"Basically, I do agree with the President that we need some kind of health care reform," says Anh in a Q and A. "Now, what kind of reform are we going to get? That is the question."

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Social Security: The Red Ink Starts Next Year

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

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Eric Schurenberg

In case there was any doubt that Social Security won't be able to keep the promises it's making to anyone younger than, say, 55, the CBO now projects that Social Security will start operating at a deficit next year.

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Eight GOP Politicians Parrot False $1,761 Talking Point on Costs of Climate Bill

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

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Josh Nelson

When your position is based on ignoring science to prop up polluting industries -- as is the case for many Republican politicians -- you have little choice but to cite misleading statistics to make your point.

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Ryan Grim

'Gang Of Six' Moving Goal Posts On Health Care Costs

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cbo, CBO Health Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care Reform, Congressional Budget Office, Kent Conrad, Gang of Six, Politics News

President Obama promised last week, in his address to Congress, that he wouldn't sign any health care reform bill that added "one dime to the deficit,...

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Robert Samuelson Cites Dodgy Numbers to Attack Health Care Reform

David Fiderer | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Samuelson, Newsweek, Healthcare Reform, Congressional Budget Office, Barack Obama, Business News
David Fiderer

By referencing dubious numbers from a tainted source, Samuelson seeks to establish a bogus equivalency. Yes, the Republicans lied about death panels, but Obama is dishonest too, he argues.

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David Brooks' Lies on Health Care Reform: An Incomplete List

David Fiderer | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

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David Fiderer

A lot of people buy in to Brooks' pseudo-intellectual shtick for making grand pronouncements that presume to define reality.

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Senate Considers Charging Tourists To Visit U.S.

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Senators voted Wednesday to charge international travelers a $10 fee to help pay for a new nonprofit corporation that would promote...

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What Obama Won't Say: Your Taxes Are Going Up

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business

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Jill Schlesinger

The former investment adviser in me says that rather than fight the concept, embrace higher taxes as a likelihood and adjust your life as much as possible.

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Replacing the Shouts of Recess with the Deliberations of Research

James S. Marks | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Prevention, Chronic Disease, Health, Health Care Reform, Diabetes, Health Care, Congressional Budget Office, Health Affairs, Politics News
James S. Marks

The CBO is a valuable resource for elected officials for measuring the economic value of legislation. But it doesn't automatically score what we as Americans value, especially our health.

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Sam Stein

Prevention Battles For Survival In Health Reform Legislation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wellness Fitness, Health Care Prevention, Health Care Prevention Services, Tom Harkin, Reform Pay, Health Care Reform, Reform Cbo Report, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care Wellness, Politics News

One of the easiest ways to lower health care costs, as President Barack Obama frequently points out, is to take steps so that people don't get sick in...

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Study: CBO May Be Missing Potential Savings From Efforts To Prevent Diabetes, Heart Disease

Reuters | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: CBO Health Plan, Congressional Budget Office, Cbo, Health Savings, CBO Health Care Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congressional Budget Office may be missing potential savings from various health reform proposals by not looking at efforts...

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Irresponsibly Following the Congressional Budget Office

Dean Baker | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Stimulus, Health Care, Budget, Cbo, Congressional Budget Office, Business News
Dean Baker

Members of Congress would be foolish to ignore the projections provided by the CBO, however they would be irresponsible if they treated this analysis as the final word.

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Rebutting the CBO's Preventative Care Cost Analysis

Chris Fey | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Preventative Healthcare, Cbo, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care, Preventative Care, Living News
Chris Fey

The United States can no longer afford a system where 70 percent of deaths and nearly 80 percent of health care costs stem from the same preventable chronic conditions.

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