Category Archives: Medicare

Romney clarifies Medicaid comments

By doris | Published: December 19, 2011

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.blogs.cnn.com Greenville, South Carolina (CNN) – Mitt Romney quickly clarified comments he made regarding Medicaid Friday, saying he had in fact been familiar with the entitlement program in the early 1990s. At a town hall in Sioux City, Romney told an audience he had once been unclear about the particulars of the [...]

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Health care cuts proposed in deficit negotiations

By doris | Published: July 5, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials are offering to cut tens of billions of dollars from Medicare and Medicaid in negotiations to reduce the federal budget deficit, but the depth of the cuts depends on whether Republicans are willing to accept any increases in tax revenues.

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Obama meets with lawmakers after House rejects debt ceiling increase

By doris | Published: June 2, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama told congressional Republicans on Wednesday that entitlement reforms were under discussion as part of a deficit reduction deal. In the meantime, the White House continued to challenge a controversial GOP proposal to overhaul Medicare. Obama met for 75 minutes with House Republicans a day after [...]

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Republicans still seek Medicare overhaul in budget talks

By doris | Published: May 30, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Top Republicans tiptoed their way around the Medicare question Sunday, playing to their conservative base by backing a controversial overhaul proposal while acknowledging they will have to negotiate the issue with Democrats. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, both told Sunday [...]

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How Ryan’s foes defined his budget plan

By doris | Published: May 7, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com The battle which has raged over the past several weeks over House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s debt-cutting plan always had an air of unreality about it. It was obvious well before April 5, the day Ryan released his blueprint, that it had no chance of being approved by the Democratic-controlled [...]

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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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Paul: Wealthy should pay more for Medicare plan

By doris | Published: October 11, 2010

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul raised the idea Sunday that wealthier people like his opponent, the co-owner of a Kentucky Derby horse, should pay more for Medicare coverage. Paul also warned in a speech in his hometown that unless the U.S. starts dealing with its mounting debt, it [...]

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Obama: GOP trying to destroy Social Security

By doris | Published: August 15, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.comAll the money they have taken out of SSI because there was a surplus. They need that money now and no one will say that this is the reason SSI is running out of money. The goverment did this why don’t they straighten it out? Because the spent the money they should [...]

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Obama touts benefits to Medicare from health law

By doris | Published: August 9, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says Medicare will exist for many more years, thanks to new legislation that helped put the health care program for America’s seniors on stronger financial footing. Seniors already are benefiting from that new health care law, said Obama, noting that many have received $250 rebates to [...]

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Dems vow to close Medicare ‘doughnut hole’

By doris | Published: December 20, 2009

Full Story msnbc.com WASHINGTON – It’s an annual ordeal for many seniors living on a budget. Medicare’s coverage gap for prescription drugs — $3,610 next year — has steadily gotten bigger since the benefit’s inception. But if Democrats have their way on health care overhaul, the dreaded “doughnut hole” will shrink by $500 right away [...]

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Loophole would allow health coverage limits

By doris | Published: December 13, 2009

Full Story atmsnbc.com WASHINGTON – A loophole in the Senate health care bill would let insurance companies place annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with costly illnesses such as cancer. Adding to the confusion, the language is tucked away in a clause of the bill captioned “No lifetime or annual limits.” Advocates [...]

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