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Health care update: Budget kicks the Medicare can
By Staff WriterPresident Obama's proposed budget has delayed some tough choices on entitlement programs, including Medicare, which will eventually bankrupt the country unless lawmakers can agree on some drastic changes.
February 17, 2011
Rich Medicare seniors: get ready to pay moreWhile the Obama administration trumpets the new health care provision that eventually will close the "doughnut hole," it rarely mentions another piece of the law which requires affluent Medicare beneficiaries to pay more for prescription drugs.
February 17, 2011
Health care update: Budget kicks the Medicare canPresident Obama's proposed budget has delayed some tough choices on entitlement programs, including Medicare, which will eventually bankrupt the country unless lawmakers can agree on some drastic changes.
February 17, 2011
Bair: Some Insurers May Face Federal Data CallsInsurers designated systemically risky by federal regulators may need to provide data that is not currently collected or otherwise available in public filings, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair testified today.
February 17, 2011
PPACA: The Battle of the H.R. 1 AmendmentsOpponents of the Affordable Care Act have used floor proceedings for H.R. 1, a continuing resolution needed to fund the government through the remainder of the fiscal year, as a vehicle for attacking the act.
February 17, 2011
PPACA, State-by-State: A Q&A with Nevada Insurance Commissioner Brett BarrattAs part of a regular series featuring interviews with state regulators, Barratt discusses his state's challenges and hopes when it comes to health care reform
February 17, 2011
Bair: Some Insurers May Face Federal Data CallsInsurers designated systemically risky by federal regulators may need to provide data that is not currently collected or otherwise available in public filings, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair testified today.
February 16, 2011
Camp on HHS Budget: Enough with the GimmicksHouse Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp today told U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that the Obama administration's 2012 budget proposal "is a mess."