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Feds Nab 91 in $295M Medicare Fraud Sting

Accused 'treated' dead people, ran Florida housing scheme

(Newser) - The Obama administration notched yet another win for its Medicare fraud team yesterday, as the Justice Department announced the arrests of 91 fraudsters from across the country, accused of bilking Uncle Sam for a combined $295 million. “The defendants allegedly treated the Medicare program like a personal piggy bank,...

Perry Calls Social Security a 'Ponzi Scheme'—Again

But, he insists, he has never said it's unconstitutional

(Newser) - Though Rick Perry’s aides have been disavowing some of the views expressed in his nine-month-old book Fed Up!, the presidential candidate himself doesn’t seem to be doing the same. In Iowa on Saturday, Perry reiterated the opinion stated in his book that Social Security “is a Ponzi...

Medicare Cuts Can Actually Help Patients

The trouble is, Washington won't make the right cuts: opinion

(Newser) - There’s no way around it: Medicare will be cut. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing for patients, write experts and former White House advisers Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Jeffrey B. Liebman in the New York Times . “Smart cuts eliminate spending on medical tests, treatments,...

All Eyes Turn to Deficit Panel, Herculean $1.5T Task

Committee must come up with $1.5T in cuts

(Newser) - The debt deal has been signed, but the work is far from over: Now a special committee must figure out how to cut $1.5 trillion more from the deficit. The bipartisan panel, which will be composed of six Democrats and six Republicans, was created by the measure after President...

$2.4T Debt Deal Taking Shape?
 $2.4T Debt Deal Taking Shape? 
Jul 31, 2011 6:18 AM CDT

$2.4T Debt Deal Taking Shape?

Proposal would match debt ceiling relief to debt reduction

(Newser) - After weeks of posturing and pleading, with threat of a default just days away, news of a possible debt ceiling deal is dribbling out of Washington, first reported by ABC 's Jonathan Karl. The deal would raise the ceiling by $2.4 trillion in two phases, enough to last...

US Health Care Tab to Hit $4.6T in 2020

Innovation, aging society main causes of soaring costs

(Newser) - Doom, meet gloom: The nation's health care tab is on track to hit $4.6 trillion in 2020, accounting for about $1 of every $5 in the economy, government number crunchers estimate in a report out today. How much does that work out to per person? Including government and...

Obama, Boehner Near 'Grand Bargain'—Maybe

Reports cite $3T deal with tax reform, entitlement changes

(Newser) - President Obama and John Boehner are reportedly back at the bargaining table, and they could be near a deal to cut the deficit and raise the debt ceiling. The rumored $3 trillion agreement between the administration and top Republicans could include entitlement changes and set plans for tax reform, reports...

Obama, Democrats Offer to Slash Medicare in Exchange for Tax Raises
 Obama Offers 
 Medicare Cuts 
Jul 5, 2011 5:50 AM CDT

Obama Offers Medicare Cuts

As long as GOP is ready to raise taxes

(Newser) - Medicare and Medicaid are on the table and President Obama has told Republican lawmakers he's ready to start cutting tens of billions of dollars from the programs to reduce the federal deficit—as long as Republicans are prepared to accept tax raises in return. "We are very willing...

CBO: Debt Explosion Coming
 CBO: Debt Explosion Coming 
Jun 23, 2011 6:45 AM CDT

CBO: Debt Explosion Coming

Ending Bush tax cuts could eliminate deficit, CBO says

(Newser) - Ballooning entitlements threaten to push the national debt bigger than the entire US economy by 2021, and twice that size within 25 years, according to a pessimistic Congressional Budget Office report. “The health care programs are the main drivers of that growth,” wrote the CBO. But with Democrats...

Paul Krugman: Don't Listen to Joe Lieberman--Medicare Means Savings

 Actually, We 
 Need More 
 Medicare 
paul krugman
Jun 13, 2011 9:58 AM CDT

Actually, We Need More Medicare

Lieberman's plan to raise eligibility to 67 would mean huge costs

(Newser) - Joe Lieberman’s proposal to raise Medicare eligibility to age 67 is proof that we’ve really “gone off the rails,” writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times . Really, we should be doing the opposite: extending Medicare, because it “actually saves money—a lot of money—...

Paul Ryan to Obama: You're Distorting My Plan

Republicans meet with president on debt

(Newser) - Republicans met with President Obama today to talk about the debt, resulting in what the Los Angeles Times describes as a "pointed exchange" between Paul Ryan and Obama. Ryan accused the president and Democrats of distorting his proposal to overhaul Medicare. "It's been misdescribed by the president...

Huntsman: Hate Ryan Plan? Think of Something Better

Critics have a 'moral obligation' to do so

(Newser) - Jon Huntsman continues his not-quite-official candidacy with an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today, with an eye toward tackling the $14 trillion national debt. "Unless we make hard decisions now, in less than a decade every dollar of federal revenue will go to covering the costs of Medicare,...

John McCain: Sarah Palin Could Win the White House
 McCain: Palin Could Win It 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
May 29, 2011 12:56 PM CDT

McCain: Palin Could Win It

He also gives Santorum a pass on torture dig

(Newser) - John McCain thinks his former running mate has a shot at the White House that proved elusive to him. Asked today whether Sarah Palin could beat President Obama, McCain replied: "Of course she can. She can. Now, whether she will, whether she'll even run or not, I don'...

Paul Krugman: Americans Have Seen Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan, and That's 'Bad News' for Republicans
Paul Ryan Is a 'Sore Loser,' Maybe a Liar
Paul Krugman
May 27, 2011 1:55 PM CDT

Paul Ryan Is a 'Sore Loser,' Maybe a Liar

Americans know the truth about his Medicare plan: Paul Krugman

(Newser) - Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal is taking its lumps of late (see here and here ), and the GOP budget wonk is deflecting criticism by accusing "demagogue" Democrats of lying about what his plan would do. Paul Krugman begs to differ: "The reality is that the Ryan plan...

GOP Needs &#39;Political War College&#39; on Medicare
GOP Needs 'Political War College' on Medicare
karl rove
May 26, 2011 1:19 PM CDT

GOP Needs 'Political War College' on Medicare

But the issue is not why Republicans lost NY-26 seat: Karl Rove

(Newser) - Democrats are downright gleeful over their upset victory in the Buffalo-area congressional race, but they're also misguided about what happened, writes Karl Rove. The common narrative is that Kathy Hochul clobbered Jane Corwin by linking her to Paul Ryan's Medicare overhaul and that Democrats now have a lethal...

Let Dead Folk Means Test Medicare

 Let the Dead Pay for Medicare 
May 26, 2011 12:42 PM CDT

Let the Dead Pay for Medicare

Don't means test the elderly, do it once they're gone: Kevin Drum

(Newser) - There's one demographic lawmakers are assured won't complain about paying for the rising cost of Medicare: dead people. "They don't need their money any more, after all," writes Kevin Drum of Mother Jones . The idea is simple: Instead of paying your medical bills, just file...

Resolute GOP Stands by Ryan's Medicare Overhaul

Despite its divisive nature, Republicans still fighting for Ryan's plan

(Newser) - Despite the five Senate Republicans who voted against Paul Ryan’s Medicare overhaul yesterday, the GOP remains wedded to the divisive, and increasingly unpopular , plan. Rather than back off, Republicans are responding by increasing attacks on the Democrats’ position, the Wall Street Journal reports. "We need to make it...

Senate Rejects Paul Ryan Medicare Plan

Five Republicans join Democrats in voting against budget blueprint

(Newser) - More bad news for Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal: The Senate today rejected Ryan's 2012 budget blueprint that calls for overhauling the system, reports Politico . All Democrats voted against it, as expected. But in a potentially troubling sign for GOP leaders, five Republicans broke ranks and joined them: moderates...

NY Upset Gives GOP Plenty to Worry About

Swing voters reject Tea Party ideology: Steve Kornacki

(Newser) - Yes, local issues played a role in Democrat Kathy Hochul's upset win in the Buffalo-area congressional race last night, but Republicans would be foolish to take solace in that. The results deliver a clear message: "The backlash against Tea Party governance is real," writes Steve Kornacki at...

Democrat Kathy Hochul Wins New York's 26th District Special Election
 Dem Wins NY Election in Upset 
May 25, 2011 6:00 AM CDT

Dem Wins NY Election in Upset

Medicare debate boosts Kathy Hochul to victory

(Newser) - Democrat Kathy Hochul has scored an upset win in one of New York state's most conservative congressional districts. Republican Jane Corwin had been expected to easily win the special election in the state's 26th district but her support ebbed away after she expressed support for the GOP's...

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