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Okay, who is scaring America now?

16 hours ago ago from SmallGovTimes.com

It wasn't but a week ago when Barack Obama told House Republican leaders to stop trying to frighten the American people.   But that hasn't stopped him from doing that himself.  Here's what Obama told ABC News .  He says, If we don't pass it, here's the guarantee .your premiums will go up, your employers are going to load up more costs on you Potentially they're going to drop your coverage, because they just can't afford an increase of 25 ...

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Thug Politics

15 hours ago ago from pamibe

I find myself asking isn't that against the law?' a lot lately. Senators have allegedly been bribed or forced into supporting health care by other nefarious means [Senator Nelson and the rumors about Offutt comes to mind] Isn't that illegal? But now the President of the United States is using his bully pulpit to coerce the American people into buying into socializing a good bit of the economy and sending us further down into ...

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Understanding health reform's real Medicare reductions

11 hours ago ago from RetirementRevised | Retirement planning, retirement investing and retirement jobs

Posted on 16 December 2009 Permanent URL of this article: http://retirementrevised.com/video/understanding-health-reforms-real-medicare-reductions When critics warn seniors that health care reform will decimate their Medicare, what they're really talking about is the proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage the all-in-one private Medicare option. The legislation moving through Congress is funded, in part, by cutting $154 billion ...

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GOP: Pimpin’ for Medicare

5 hours ago ago from race42008.com

So, I'm sitting here watching Mitt Romney on Hannity , whining that the Democrats' new health care bill will cut Medicare by $500 billion, saying that it makes no sense at all. This comes straight off the heels of the minority leader's memo bashing the Democrats for the same thing. What a mistake it would be to cut Medicare! How can they do this? And let's not forget Michael Steele's recent health care bill of rights proclaiming ...

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The Insanity of Medicare 2.0

48 minutes ago ago from Learning from Dogs

US still struggling to find a proper health care solution We've all heard this definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result. Here, in a nutshell, is the insanity of the current U.S. health care debate: Medicare, the government's single-payer wealth redistribution health care program, is quickly going bankrupt.  No one disputes this fact. When President Obama refers to cutting ...

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Democrats vow to close Medicare 'doughnut hole'

22 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Democrats vow to close Medicare 'doughnut hole' WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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 and go away altogether by 2019. With the elderly worried that Medicare cuts ...

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Greenspan: Commission to Shrink the Deficit Is ‘Excellent Idea’ - Washington Wire - WSJ

10 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

By John D. McKinnon Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan likes the idea of a bipartisan deficit-reduction commission. At a Senate committee hearing, Greenspan called the proposal for a commission, pushed by Sens. Kent Conrad (D., N.D.) and Judd Gregg (R., N.H.), an excellent idea. Adding a dash of urgency, he also gave a grim assessment of the U.S. governments deficit picture, saying the challenge to contain this threat is ...

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Wis. health official: $600 million cuts on track

9 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Wis. health official: $600 million cuts on track MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state is on track to cut more than $600 million from Medicaid, but even with those reductions, high demand from the poor for insurance benefits could result in up to a $150 million shortfall, the secretary of Wisconsin's Department of Health Services said Thursday. Karen Timberlake told the Legislature's budget-writing committee that the $608 million in cuts ordered ...

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Ohio tax cut delay means less cash for taxpayers

10 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Ohio tax cut delay means less cash for taxpayers COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohioans will pay more in 2009 taxes than expected because a budget compromise expected to clear the Legislature on Thursday delays the last in a series of tax cuts begun four years ago. The agreement delays a scheduled income tax cut to fill an $850 million budget gap while preserving state funding to school districts, which would have taken a hit if it had gone ...

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Liberal Revolt on Health Care Stings White House

1 hour, 10 minutes ago ago from The New York Times

WASHINGTON In the great health care debate of 2009, President Obama has cast himself as a cold-eyed pragmatist, willing to compromise in exchange for votes. Now ideology an uprising on the Democratic left is smacking the pragmatic president in the face. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times Senator Bernard Sanders, on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, says he is struggling with how to vote. A blog from The New York Times that ...

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