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Republican and Democratic Plans for Medicare and Medicaid Misguided
Push for Privatization will Accelerate Costs and Deaths
By Margaret Flowers, M.D. for FireDogLake –
Leadership in Washington recognizes the damage our soaring health care spending...Continue reading.
What we’re not being told about Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan
The mainstream media has failed to report that the Ryan plan is a privatization program that will hand $30tn to insurers
By Dean Baker for the Guardian –
The film Casablanca...Continue reading.
House Republicans Propose $4 Trillion in Cuts Over Decade
By Carl Hulse for the New York Times –
House Republicans plan this week to propose more than $4 trillion in federal spending reductions over the next decade by reshaping popular...Continue reading.
WSJ/NBC Poll: Hands Off Medicare, Social Security
Many Deem Big Cuts to Entitlements ‘Unacceptable,’ but Retirement and Means Testing Draw Support
By NEIL KING JR. and SCOTT GREENBERG for the WSJ –
WASHINGTON—...Continue reading.
Medicaid Roulette
If the GOP has its way, states could take full control over health care for the poor (snip, snip).
By Suzy Khimm for Mother Jones –
Republicans have a new target, and its name...Continue reading.
Wisconsin Union Battle Masks Medicaid Tensions
By Christopher Weaver for Kaiser Health News –
Hiding out at a secret location in Illinois, Wisconsin state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout ends every media interview with the same warning:...Continue reading.
New York Medicaid Panel Backs Cuts
By Thomas Kaplan for the New York Times –
ALBANY — In an unexpected vote, a committee appointed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to cut billions in health care spending approved on...Continue reading.
Top Obama Economic Aide: Social Security Reform Not A Part Of Discussion On Fiscal Future
By Sam Stein for Huffington Post –
Lost amid the budget battles in Congress and the anti-union legislation being considered in several states has been the White House’s...Continue reading.
The only hoax here is the so-called crisis
Social Security’s critics are stoking baseless fears.
By Theodore R. Marmor and Jerry L. Mashaw for Philly.com –
The continuing discourse about the federal budget deficit...Continue reading.
John Boehner On Entitlement Cuts: ‘Everything Is On The Table’
By Elise Foly for Huffington Post –
WASHINGTON — House Republicans remain divided on whether their upcoming budget for fiscal year 2012 will include cuts to government...Continue reading.