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In Budget Plan, Obama Seeks Cuts and Higher Taxes
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Forcefully rejecting Republican budget-cutting plans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed lowering the nation's future deficits by $4 trillion over a dozen years and vowed he would not allow benefit cuts for the poor and the elderly to pay for tax breaks for the rich. "That's not right and it's not going to happen as long as I'm president," Obama declared. While the president recommended trimming health care costs in Medicare and Medicaid, he also called for cuts in defense, an overhaul of the tax system to eliminate many loopholes enjoyed by individuals and ...
Paul Ryan's Republican Response: Come With Me to the Land of Nod
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Does Health Care Reform Hold a Ticking Time Bomb for Seniors?
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyPresident Obama's health care reform law continues to be unpopular, especially among seniors, and will likely play a major role in Tuesday's elections. According to a Kaiser Health Tracking poll, "about a third (32 percent) of seniors hold favorable views [of the health care reform bill, and] half (52 percent) [hold] unfavorable views." The opposition from what will likely be the largest bloc of midterm voters has probably cost the Democrats the House, and several senate seats, as well. To be sure, some of the concerns seniors have with the law may not drastically differ from the ...
Goose the Economy or Worry About the Deficit: An Either-Or Choice?
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyA single day in Washington this week would tell future historians all they needed to know about the preoccupations of our time. That day would be Wednesday, with an agenda that included at least three think-tank discussions about the national debt, a public meeting of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility, a public meeting of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, a press conference conducted by desperate governors pleading for federal help, a foreclosure auction, an alarming new poll, an even more alarming new estimate of long-term debt, a fourth Senate attempt to extend ...
Obama Kicks Off Tour Touting Health Care Reform, Vows to Fight Oppostion, Scammers
By Katie Drummond - Politics DailyIn the first of a series of planned stops to promote his new health care reform package -- narrowly passed last year by the House of Representatives -- President Obama vowed to "move forward" while fighting back against Republican efforts to stymie the legislation. In an event that was broadcast on C-SPAN, Obama spoke to a town hall meeting of senior citizens in Wheaton, Md. It was the first such meeting in what's expected to be a lengthy promotional tour for the President, focused on major voting blocs. Obama used the town hall to talk-up the perks that the elderly will enjoy under the new ...
What's New in Obama Plan? Not So Much
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Feb. 22) -- After a year of coaching from the corner as House and Senate Democrats duked it out over legislation to overhaul health care, President Barack Obama stepped into the ring today with his own ideas. Or so he said. The 11-page summary of "The President's Proposal" looks suspiciously similar to the legislation passed on Christmas Eve by the Senate. There were some changes sought by House Democrats in negotiations with their Senate counterparts. The document prominently highlighted Republican ideas, mostly crowd-pleasers such as combating waste, fraud and abuse in the ...
Opinion: Health Reform Stumbling Blocks Remain
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 28) – Blessedly, the Senate has finally gone home for the holidays after completing its gift: comprehensive health care "reform." But the drama is far from over. To begin, there is no guarantee that health reform will actually become law. Here are the potential stumbling blocks: Seniors and doctors. The president purchased the support of AARP by personally promising to fill the so-called "doughnut hole" in the Medicare prescription drug program, and the American Medical Association signed on in exchange for the "doc fix" – a $250 billion payout to doctors who see Medicare ...
Seniors Should Stop Worrying (and Whining) About Health Reform
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailySeniors are squeaky wheels in the political system. They complain, they vote, and they're growing in number. If they seem querulous and wary about health reform, let's face it: This group, with its very own single-payer government health care program, has a lot of turf worth protecting. We've had our summer of unhinged talk about death panels and sniping over which party is a bigger threat to Medicare. But now the major congressional health bills from the House and from the Senate are finally on the table, and it's time for a reality check. There are 43 million people on Medicare and it ...
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