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The Medicare debate we need
One criticism of the Medicare overhaul that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) has championed is that it would shift more and more of the program's costs onto seniors. In the latest version of his plan, Ryan acknowledges that capping...
Tags: Politics, Prescription Drugs, Medicare, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Drugs and Medicines
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Don't repeal Obamacare -- yet
I've always had mixed feelings about President Obama's health care reform. It offers too many goodies while asking too little of those who will benefit. It assumes expensive prevention services will pay for themselves. It relies on a coercive individual...
Tags: White House, Politics, Barack Obama, Ted Cruz, Parties and Movements
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3 million Californians could receive health insurance subsidies
Some Republicans still cling to the hope that they'll be able to repeal Obamacare someday, but a report released Wednesday by Families USA shows why it may be even harder for them to do so after Jan. 1. The report estimates that nearly 3 million...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Poverty, Employment, Health Insurance, Family
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Unbalanced budgeting
In case anyone has missed the dueling budget proposals out this week from Rep. Paul Ryan on the Republican side and Sen. Patty Murray for the Democrats, don't fret. You could easily have slept through the last four months and missed nothing. They are...
Tags: Politics, Public Finance, Barack Obama, Elections, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Ryan Budget Makes for Great Unintentional Satire
You know how these popular political shows like “Scandal” and “House of Cards” are always trying to keep the hokey out of their political characters? For instance, my roommate is obsessed with re-watching “The West Wing&...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Budgets and Budgeting, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Arts and Culture
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Letters: What's behind higher premiums
Re "Another regulator chastises insurer," Business, March 8 Blue Shield of California is correct when it says that "executive compensation has nothing to do with our rates," but so is state Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones when he says that double-...Tags: CEO Pay, Insurance
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News briefs for April 4
Danville student listed on Webb School honor roll BELL BUCKLE, Tenn. — The Webb School recently announced its A and B honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2012-13 school year. Tyler Burns of Danville earned A Honor Roll status. An...
Tags: Human Interest, Government Health Care
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Rick Scott to voters: Never mind
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Republican Gov. Rick Scott was one of those tea party stars whom voters believed had the courage of his convictions when he promised, as recently as last summer, to block The Affordable Care Act in his state. But last week, writes the...Tags: Politics, Healthcare Industry, Government, Rick Perry, Executive Branch
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Some Salina School District employees to lose health care
The Salina School District has increased the number of hours needed to work to earn insurance from 17.5 to 30, to better comply with the restrictions in the Affordable Health Care act, they say. About 130 employees will lose their coverage, according to...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Health and Safety at Work
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Health reform's changes stir worries as they take shape in Md.
State lawmakers put finishing touches last week on plans to apply federal health care reforms in Maryland come Jan. 1. But who becomes newly insured — and at what cost —still worries stakeholders as the state speeds toward becoming one of...
Tags: Politics, Hunt Valley, Government, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Barack Obama
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Letters: Healthcare's rising costs
Re "A bump for the healthcare law," Editorial, and "Health costs to rise 30% for some," March 29 The rise in insurance premiums is one of many "bumps" Californians will need to endure as provisions of President Obama's Affordable Care Act are put in...Tags: Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Provider, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Cost
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Hospitals Must Adjust To Health Care Reform
The Hartford CourantConnecticut hospitals are under a great deal of scrutiny. This is partly because Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed a significant restructuring of funding to hospitals to halt unsustainable growth in that portion of the state's Medicaid program. Additionally,...Tags: Politics, Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Executive Branch, Hospitals and Clinics
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