October 26, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Democrats seek up to $3 trillion in budget savings, including significant cuts to Medicare 26 Oct 2011 DemocRATs are proposing $2.5 trillion to $3 trillion in measures to reduce the budget deficit, including revenue increases and significant cuts to Medicare, congressional aides told Reuters. The plan was unveiled on [...]
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October 27, 2011
September 27, 2011
Our Hidden Government Benefits
Ithaca, N.Y. DON’T take at face value the claims that Americans dislike government. Sure, a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll found that 56 percent of Americans said they wanted smaller government and fewer services. Tea Party activists, the most vocal citizens of our time, powerfully amplify those demands. Yet the reality is that the vast [...]
September 27, 2011
President’s Plan on Deficit Mixes Cuts and Taxes
WASHINGTON — President Obama will unveil a deficit-reduction plan on Monday that uses entitlement cuts, tax increases and war savings to reduce government spending by more than $3 trillion over the next 10 years, administration officials said. The plan, which Mr. Obama will lay out Monday morning at the White House, is the administration’s opening [...]
September 21, 2011
Obama’s Expected Plan for Entitlement Savings Worries Democrats
The president made clear his intentions in his speech to a joint session of Congress last week when, setting forth a plan to create jobs and revive the economy, he said he disagreed with members of his party “who don’t think we should make any changes at all to Medicare and Medicaid.” Few Democrats fit [...]
September 20, 2011
The Biggest Losers Under Obama’s Debt-Cutting Plan
Who will pay? When it comes to cutting the national debt, that’s what the whole fight is about. [See who would win under Obama's jobs plan.] Republicans want to reduce the nearly $15 trillion national debt entirely through spending cuts, which by definition would have the biggest impact on those who get the most federal [...]
September 19, 2011
Obama pushes for $3.6trn in budget cuts
Barack Obama will unveil plans on Monday to reduce the massive US deficit by about $3.6trn over the next decade, with roughly half of the savings expected to come from higher taxes on the wealthy and big corporations. The plan looks set to spark yet more confrontation with his critics, with the Republican opposition staunchly [...]
September 19, 2011
September 18, 2011
Doctor Fees Major Factor in Health Costs, Study Says
WASHINGTON — Doctors are paid higher fees in the United States than in several other countries, and this is a major factor in the nation’s higher overall cost of health care, says a new study by two Columbia University professors, one of whom is now a top health official in the Obama administration. “American primary [...]
June 27, 2011
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June 10, 2011
WashPost Fact Check: Tune Out Political Medicare Ads
Perhaps voters should just make a refrigerator run when political ads involving Medicare appear on their televisions. Both parties are waging war with “half-truths, misleading claims and outright lies,” The Washington Post concluded in a fact check of competing ads. The Post derideded ads from both the Democrats and Republicans four Pinocchios for the whoppers [...]
June 9, 2011
Florida’s Scott Still Spurns Fed Aid in Healthcare Fight
Republican Gov. Rick Scott of Florida has rejected $19 million in federal aid so far as part of his challenge to the national healthcare overhaul. And he is holding off on creating a statewide insurance-coverage exchange the new law mandates, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Scott’s approach differs sharply from that of other plaintiffs in [...]