Is Paul Ryan right when it comes to health care? According to a new survey, a shocking 72 percent of Americans think the system needs a major overhaul, but not in the way you might think. Read the Article>

Most future retirees would pay more for health care under a new House Republican budget proposal, according to an analysis by nonpartisan experts for Congress that could be an obstacle to GOP ambitions to tame federal deficits. Read the Article>

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Of all the complaints that have been made about the new federal health care law, the angriest have been against the law’s “individual mandate,” which requires everyone who can afford health insurance to purchase it or pay a fine. Starting in 2014, people who fail to buy in will be charged a tax penalty that will start at $95 a year and ratchet up to 1 percent of annual income for the more affluent. The fine will rise to at least $695, with a ceiling of 2.5 percent of income, by 2016. Read the Article>

Thousands of employers in California and nationwide are opting for 'narrow network' HMOs, which offer notable savings on insurance premiums but also offer fewer medical providers. Read the Article>

Dr. Joe Heck (R-Nev.) campaigned in 2010 with a “repeal, repair, replace” mantra for the federal Affordable Care Act, using his unique position as an osteopathic doctor to criticize the legislation. He was an emergency room physician, has trained medical first responders during 9/11 and still commands an Army hospital as an Army reservist. Heck said now that the GOP House has voted to repeal the federal healthcare law, he wants to speed things up in terms of replacing it. He has plenty of ideas. Read the Article>

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