A provision buried in the fiscal bill passed earlier this month gives Amgen, the world’s largest biotechnology firm, more time to sell a lucrative kidney dialysis drug without price restraints. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Medicare inflation is slowing. Fast. Original post on businessinsider.com Comments on reddit.com
Bait, switch, and Medicare. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
The move to electronic health records may be adding billions of dollars to Medicare costs by enabling hospitals and physicians to bill more for the same services. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Paul Ryan tried selling the AARP on his Medicare privatization plan and attacks on ObamaCare and was met with groans and boos by the crowd in attendance. Original post on politicususa.com Comments on reddit.com
This man’s pants are engulfed in flames. Original post on deathandtaxesmag.com Comments on reddit.com
The most dishonest convention speech ever? At least five times, Ryan twisted truth beyond recognition. Here they are. Original post on tnr.com Comments on reddit.com
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) has become the latest Republican to go up against CNN host Soledad O’Brien on the issue of Medicare and lose. During an interview on Friday, O’Brien called out Chaffetz after he tried to claim that that Medicare plans Original post on crooksandliars.com Comments on reddit.com
Mitt Romney’s pick of U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate has rekindled a heated debate over Medicare. Ryan, R-Wis., is the head of the Budget Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and the architect of a plan to dramatically restructure Medicare. Today, Medicare operates as a government-run health insurance plan for Americans over age 65. Ryan’s idea is to eventually move Medicare toward private insurance companies by giving people a set amount to buy their own health insurance plans. The new system would be for people who are under age 55 now, and it would give them… Original post on politifact.com Comments on reddit.com
Mitt didn’t take his Medicare but he wants yours If you take Mitt Romney at his word, he will gut Medicare, financial aid for college and nearly every federal program that helps working people in order to give millionaires more huge tax breaks. The… Original post on eclectablog.com Comments on reddit.com
Federal prosecutors have charged 107 people, including doctors and nurses, in seven U.S. cities, accusing them of taking part in schemes to cheat the Medicare system out of $452 million through phony billing. Authorities are calling this the largest one-day takedown ever by the … Original post on msn.com Comments on digg.com
Sometimes, the willingness of Congress to so blatantly act on behalf of special interests to the out-and-out detriment of the average American— or to waste time and frighten the taxpayer all for the benefit of a good political narrative—astounds even me. Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a bill—on a [...] Original post on forbes.com Comments on digg.com
They said they wouldn’t kill it. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on digg.com
