Category Archives: Health Care

Republicans seek to reassure elderly on Medicare

By doris | Published: April 24, 2011

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans pushing deep cuts to government spending are seeking to reassure older Americans that their health insurance will remain intact even if Medicare is privatized. Elderly voters could be pivotal in the 2012 election, where both Democrats and Republicans will be judged for proposed cuts to the federal health [...]

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Who pays for Obama’s Medicare plan? Hint: Not seniors

By doris | Published: April 18, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.comLeave medicare alone. Put back the money you took out of SS, you would not have to don anything now. They took money out twice and never put it back what is wrong with you people. That money was not to be touched son now we could have it. You are hurting [...]

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Meanest budget cuts

By doris | Published: April 15, 2011

Full Story at Money.cnn.com Community health centers serve about 20 million people at 7,000 locations around the country. They primarily cater to those without health insurance. Under the budget deal agreed to by Congress Thursday, the centers would see their funding slashed by $600 million for the remainder of 2011. A Democrat staffer on the [...]

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2011 budget cuts revealed

By doris | Published: April 12, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Lawmakers lifted the curtain Tuesday on a 2011 spending plan that will slash nearly $40 billion — cutting back on a wide range of programs and services including high-speed rail, emergency first responders and the National Endowment for the Arts. The measure represents the single biggest cut [...]

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Congress votes to repeal small part of health law

By doris | Published: April 6, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Congress sent the White House its first rollback of last year’s health care law Tuesday, a bipartisan repeal of a burdensome tax reporting requirement that’s widely unpopular with businesses. Even President Barack Obama is eager to see it gone.

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GOP trying to use tax law to limit abortions

By doris | Published: March 31, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — House Republicans are trying to use the tax code to curb abortions by limiting tax breaks for insurance policies that cover the procedure.                                                           The House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to vote on a bill Thursday that would prevent taxpayers from deducting the cost of an abortion from [...]

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Report: Congressman urged to get psychiatric help

By doris | Published: February 22, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com PORTLAND, Ore. — Senior staffers of U.S. Rep. David Wu were so alarmed over the Oregon Democrat’s erratic behavior just days before the November election that they demanded he enter a hospital for psychiatric treatment, a newspaper reported Friday evening. The Oregonian, citing interviews with a number of anonymous staff members, [...]

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Health care, worst bill passed in history?

By doris | Published: February 19, 2011

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) on the House floor said the health-care overhaul law was the “worst bill that has ever been passed in the history of Congress.” It’s quite a statement considering the nation’s history. Some historians may argue that the Alien and Sedition Act of 1798 or the Sedition Act [...]

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Alaska gov. refusing to enact health care law

By doris | Published: February 17, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said Thursday that he will not implement the federal health care overhaul passed by Congress last year after a judge in Florida struck down the law as unconstitutional. It’s not immediately clear what practical impact the unusual, rather bold move would have on Alaskans, [...]

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Spokesman: Giffords recovering part of her ability to speak

By doris | Published: February 10, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, recovering from a gunshot wound to the head suffered January 8, is regaining part of her ability to speak and recently asked for toast while having breakfast, staffers said Wednesday. Spokesman C.J. Karamargin would not divulge what else Giffords has said, other than that she [...]

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Senate Democrats block GOP bid to repeal health care law

By doris | Published: February 3, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a Republican effort to repeal the health care law passed last year. The party-line vote, with all 47 Republicans in favor and 51 Democrats opposed, meant the procedural motion failed to get the necessary 60 votes to pass. Two Democrats didn’t vote. While [...]

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House GOP debates Medicare privatization plan

By doris | Published: January 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Months after they hammered Democrats for cutting Medicare, House Republicans are debating whether to relaunch their quest to privatize the health program for seniors. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is testing support for his idea to replace Medicare with a fixed payment to buy a private medical [...]

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