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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 ...
Harry Reid Lashes Out at Republicans After Senate Sinks Medicare Measure
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyAfter a month of praising bipartisanship, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid lashed out at the GOP on the Senate floor Wednesday when a Medicare measure he brought up for a vote failed amid concerns about its impact on the deficit. The bill would have prevented a 20 percent drop in Medicare reimbursement rates to doctors that is scheduled to take effect in January. Reid angrily blamed the loss on bad intelligence from the American Medical Association, which he said promised him 27 Republican votes (he got none), as well as Republican dirty tricks designed to impede Democrats' progress on ...
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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