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Obama Budget Calls for Home Health Copayments
President Obama yesterday released his proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year, which calls for a copayment for home health services of $100 per home health episode. The copay would apply to episodes… more →
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Obama Budget Calls for Home Health Copayments
wrote 1 month ago: President Obama yesterday released his proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year, which calls for a c … more →
Senior Groups Submit Testimony Opposing Home Health Copays
wrote 1 month ago: The Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, a coalition of national organizations representing ov … more →
It's the Entitlements, Stupid!
wrote 2 months ago: I know the title to this blog entry is a ripoff from James Carville’s famous sign above the do … more →
John Boehner: Sequester Is Product Of Obama's 'Failed Leadership'
wrote 3 months ago: Boehner is the reason for cliched expressions such as “the pot calling the kettle black” … more →
New Simpson-Bowles recommendation outlines $2.4 trillion in cuts
wrote 3 months ago: Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles proposed a new plan to reduce the debt by $2.4 trillion over the nex … more →
Congress Avoids the “Fiscal Cliff,” Preserves Home Care Benefit (For Now?)
wrote 4 months ago: In the eleventh hour before Congress would have taken the country off the so-called “fiscal cliff,” … more →
US Government is broke
wrote 5 months ago: Goodbye, Government, Under Either Fiscal Plan By EDUARDO PORTER Published: December 18, 2012 As Pres … more →
The Fiscal Bluff and GOP Politics As Usual
wrote 5 months ago: Vegas Jessie posts a timely letter from a small business owner to Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV) along with a … more →
Down With Supercommittees - NYTimes.com
wrote 6 months ago: Down With Supercommittees Open, N.Y. <nyt_byline style=”font-family: <span class=” … more →
A 5-step test for our politicians
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wrote 6 months ago: The upcoming “fiscal cliff” gives the President and Congress an opportunity to show that they can ac … more →
Presidential Campaign sucks hope out of US public
wrote 6 months ago: By Christopher Caldwell The winner of Tuesday’s American presidential election is hard to predict. T … more →
What's wrong with Simpson-Bowles?
wrote 7 months ago: One of the deficit reduction plans currently being considered by Congress and the public is the fail … more →
POLITICO: Simpson-Bowles Make Their Comeback
wrote 7 months ago: Commission called for 20 percent copay for Medicare-funded home health services, which amounts to $6 … more →
Adult discussion of deficit needed
wrote 8 months ago: Nick Hackstock, a business person with successful projects in several western states, writes the fol … more →
More Bad News, And Nobody's Doing Anything About It.
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wrote 9 months ago: July unemployment was up in 44 states. More than three years after the economic recovery began in J … more →
Independent Action: An article by guest author, Terry Christenberry
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wrote 1 year ago: Guest author, Terry Christenberry. Please note: the views expressed in this article are not necessar … more →
Senate Budget Committee Considers 20 Percent Home Health Copay
wrote 1 year ago: The U.S. Senate Budget Committee Chair, Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), recently submitted a budget proposa … more →
Federal Receipts and Outlays Divided by National Income
wrote 1 year ago: Federal receipts and outlays divided by national income. What is the U.S. plot line and summary stor … more →
Paul Ryan’s Dangerous, And Intentionally Vague, Budget Plan
wrote 1 year ago: The Washingon Post By Editorial Board, Published: March 20 The Washington Post THERE IS NO credible … more →
