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Lawmakers 'Concerned' Over Payroll Tax
07 Feb 2012
…senior citizens to pay higher premiums for Medicare. At some points, the talks became so…
…ideas: to have more seniors pay higher Medicare premiums. But Rep. Chris Van Hollen…
…prevent a cut in pay to doctors who serve Medicare patients. The Senate rejected that deal…
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Feds probe hospital's billing practices
06 Feb 2012
…federal investigators have subpoenaed six years of hospital records as part of an investigation into whether the hospital overbilled Medicare by admitting patients for short stays who could have been treated less expensively as outpatients. ...
Happy Birthday, Ayn Rand -- Why…
02 Feb 2012
…challenging today’s status quo. This is why you also find at their gatherings signs like “Keep Your Government Hands Off My Medicare .” Apparently, paying for your neighbor’s mortgage is bad, but paying for his health care is just fine. Rand has helped… ...
Lawmakers Near Consensus on Tax Deal
01 Feb 2012
…payroll tax break, federal jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed and a measure to reimburse doctors for treating Medicare patients just through the end of February. Continuing all of those provisions through the end of the year is expected to cost… ...
Congressional budget chief…
01 Feb 2012
…future deficits is entitlements, such as Medicare , which will explode as the baby boomers…
…raising the costs of Social Security , Medicare and Medicaid ." In addition, he said…
…almost 30 percent to doctors who treat Medicare patients, which Congress has never let…
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Romney sings 'America the Beautiful'
31 Jan 2012
…substantive matters. "I understand a few of you here are on Medicare," Romney joked. "That being the case, I hope you tell your friends ... we will never go after Medicare or Social Security." Romney largely relied on his normal stump… ...
Florida voting blocs nearly as…
31 Jan 2012
…Newt." Al Butler, Sumter County Republican Party chairman, said the issues concerning seniors this year aren't so much Medicare and Social Security, per se, but "pocketbook issues" on the economy as a whole and the direction of the country. Many… ...
Romney Makes Final Pitch to Fla. Seniors
30 Jan 2012
…substantive matters. "I understand a few of you here are on Medicare," Romney joked. "That being the case, I hope you tell your friends ... we will never go after Medicare or Social Security." Romney largely relied on his normal stump… ...
Stocks, Bonds Drop on Europe Worries
30 Jan 2012
…of PharMerica. The agency said a merger of the country's two largest long-term care pharmacies would raise the cost of Medicare prescription plans covering drugs for nursing home residents. Stock in Omnicare Inc. fell less than 1 percent. — Thomas… ...
The speech I wish Obama had given
25 Jan 2012
…now laugh about. Still, all these cuts combined will only dent our deficit. We must cut Medicare , Social Security and the military. I know. Medicare and Social Security are popular. But they are unsustainable. The only way to cut costs and… ...
Republicans Attack Obama's Record
25 Jan 2012
…unity and bipartisanship. In terms of GOP policy, Daniels said the country must unite to save the safety net, by preserving Medicare and Social Security for those in or approaching retirement, and by creating a "new, affordable safety net so future Americans… ...
25 Jan 2012
…could be accomplished on the federal debt until the two sides come to grips with the skyrocketing costs of health care and the Medicare program. "I don't think anyone wants to pay higher taxes," Cantor said. And he said Washington needs to "get out of… ...
Proposals That Will Be Forgotten…
25 Jan 2012
…constitutional fight is ongoing over his health care law (mentioned once, only very briefly, in passing). You would never know that Medicare and Social Security will soon be groaning under the coming wave of baby boomer retirements. You would never know the tax code… ...
TRANSCRIPT: GOP Rebuttal to…
24 Jan 2012
…national must-do list: we must unite to save the safety net. Medicare and Social Security have served us well, and that must continue…
…need them most. "The mortal enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who, in contempt of the plain arithmetic, continue…
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TRANSCRIPT: Obama's 2012 State…
24 Jan 2012
…is. So do I. As I told the Speaker this summer, I'm prepared to make more reforms that rein in the long term costs of Medicare and Medicaid , and strengthen Social Security , so long as those programs remain a guarantee of security for seniors. But… ...
Congress Split Over Payroll Tax Break
24 Jan 2012
…passed a two-month extension of the payroll-tax break, jobless benefits and a measure to reimburse doctors for treating Medicare patients. Included in that hard-fought deal was a provision forcing Obama to decide whether to approve the Keystone pipeline… ...
GOP candidates spar in Florida…
23 Jan 2012
…policy around the world. Gingrich spent most of his time focusing on his "big ideas" strategy, hard money, flat tax, Medicare reform. He claimed these reforms will bring fundamental change to Washington. He made a clear decision to stay "positive… ...
GOP candidates lay groundwork…
21 Jan 2012
…Rick Santorum -- have confirmed they will attend, despite some earlier questions about Romney's schedule. Issues like Medicare and Social Security are likely to play a bigger role in Florida. And immigration could be an interesting test for the candidates… ...
Gingrich seeks to lead party…
20 Jan 2012
…himself any favors with the new class of GOP leaders, though, when he last year described Rep. Paul Ryan's, R-Wis., Medicare overhaul as "right-wing social engineering." Gingrich later apologized. Romney's campaign has tried to exploit the… ...
Ignorant people, please stay…
19 Jan 2012
…foreign aid is actually the largest item in the budget,” Caplan said. “It’s about 1 percent.” Actually, even less. Medicare , Social Security , the military and interest on the debt make up over half the budget. But surveys show that people believe… ...
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Romney sings 'America the Beautiful'
THE VILLAGES, Fla. -- In his last campaign stop before results of Florida's presidential primary start rolling in Tuesday night, Mitt Romney led a crowd of senior citizens in singing "America the Beautiful." Before breaking into song, Romney dealt with some substantive matters.
“…at them a couple of things one. We will never go after Medicare. . We'll protect the program but also. You manager -- and there's only one president in a dream. The medic or 500. Billion …”
Obama delivers State of the Union
WASHINGTON -- US President Barack Obama called for tax reforms and job creation, while aggressively renewing his demand for both sides of politics to work together, during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
“…dramatically different there's still no plan a security. Don't know plan -- Medicare to -- serious plan to reduce the national debt. …”
Plan B pill: Staying off the shelves
It was a surprise reversal Thursday by the Obama administration. The FDA approved the sale of the morning after pill, or Plan B, for anyone without a prescription, and immediately, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius blocked the decision.
“…With limited three or are going to be going in and they Medicare and in at large and in large quantity. Or call will be a barrier right. Again you get a birth control a …”
Barney Frank announces retirement
NEWTON - Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts says he does not intend to seek re-election in 2012. Frank, 71 and a lifelong liberal, won a House seat in 1980 was one of the first lawmakers to announce that he is gay.
“…That's the net or Deb reduction would fall disproportionately on Social Security Medicare and other programs that enhance quality of -- home. And I thought there plywood to -- in December that I would Damane …”
Most agree it's ultimate lack of leadership and inability to compromise, the so-called super committee charged with coming up with some real deficit reduction plans has failed.
“…into the world military cut department of energy Department of Education. And Medicare it's right so you have to have cut but the. …”
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