Friday, September 30, 2011

Obama, Democrats Put Focus On Medicare For 2012 Elections

Source: The Huffington Post
Weary of getting pounded over the new health overhaul law, President Barack Obama and his party are changing the subject to Medicare.
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Monday, August 1, 2011

Does deal muddy Medicare waters?

Source: Politico
President Barack Obama’s health care law has high negative ratings, and they’re not getting any better. But House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan has high negatives, too — and they’re not healing either.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Top Democrats reject new plan to cut Medicare spending

Source: The Washington Post
Leading congressional Democrats immediately recoiled Tuesday from a new proposal to cut $600 billion in Medicare spending over the next decade — in part by raising the eligibility age.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

McKinsey Stands By Contested Health Insurance Survey

Source: NPR
Under fire from Democrats in Congress, consulting firm McKinsey & Co. today released its methodology for a controversial survey that found as many as 30 percent of employers might drop health insurance after the new health law takes effect in 2014. But the hot water McKinsey's in doesn't seem to be cooling off.
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Dems hit Pawlenty for paid speech on healthcare

Source: The Hill
Democrats went after Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty on Thursday for giving a paid speech on healthcare reform.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Biden 'confident' of more than $1T in deficit cuts

Source: Associated Press
Even as Vice President Joe Biden gave his most optimistic assessment yet of budget talks he's leading, President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate signaled Tuesday a harder line on Medicare. That stance is complicating any effort to produce a deal to cut the deficit by $2 trillion or more over the coming decade or so.
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Friday, June 10, 2011

Don't forget Obamacare

Source: Denver Post
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