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$1,079.28 worth of reasons to celebrate Obamacare
I recently got a medical bill that reminded me just how much I’m looking forward to when all of Obamacare’s provisions kick in. In December, I found myself suddenly doubled over with abdominal pain. My physician couldn’t see me right...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Insurance, Abdominal Pain, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medical Procedures and Tests
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McManus: For Democrats, unity and its pitfalls
It's hard to recognize the Democratic Party these days. In recent decades, it's been a divided, brawling tribe. But this year, Democrats are one big, happy family. Sure, there was grumbling from the left over President Obama's agreement to keep tax cuts...
Tags: Social Security, John Boehner, Bill Clinton, Medicare, Personal Weapon Control
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California finances still face risk despite improvement, analyst says
PolitiCalThe Legislative Analyst's Office said Monday that Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal represents "a significant improvement in the state’s finances." However, the analyst's new report says California's budget faces other threats, including the... -
Letters: Tweaking Medicare's fee-for-service model
Re "Paying for results, not treatments," Editorial, Dec. 31 Your premise, switching from a Medicare fee-for-service payment model, does not take into account multiple variables physicians must consider. Putting financial burdens on doctors for better...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Pharmaceuticals, George Bernard Shaw, Chemical Industry, Medicare
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To fix the deficit, tax and cut
After a few weeks of posturing, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) has finally agreed to increase tax rates on the highest-income Americans. Although his offer stopped almost half a trillion dollars short of President Obama's proposal, the mere fact...
Tags: Democratic Party, U.S. Congress, John Boehner, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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Poll: Raising the eligibility age for Medicare
Medicare may not be the third rail of American politics -- that distinction belongs to Social Security -- but politicians who alter it put their careers at risk. For proof, just look at how Republicans lost a congressional seat in a conservative upstate...
Tags: Social Security, Labor Markets, Paul Ryan, Medicare, Parties and Movements
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Lawmakers look to repeal Medicare provision aiding Amgen drug
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is seeking to repeal a Medicare-pricing provision in the recent "fiscal cliff" deal that benefits biotech giant Amgen Inc. U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) filed legislation this week to eliminate the exemption for a...
Tags: Bruce Braley, Medicare, Richard Hanna, Jim Cooper, U.S. Congress
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A crucial time for Medi-Cal
Gov. Jerry Brown has thrown his support behind expanding Medi-Cal, the health insurance program for impoverished Californians, to the full extent authorized by the 2010 federal healthcare reform law. It was the right choice, and Brown deserves credit...
Tags: Insurance, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform (2009), Jerry Brown
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Letters: How to rein in Medicare costs
Re "The beloved budget buster," Editorial, Dec. 9 Your editorial on Medicare correctly identified novel procedures as one of the drivers of rising medical costs. It prescribed better comparisons of the cost-effectiveness of treatments as an essential...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Antonin Scalia, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medicare, Private Health Care
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Why not expand Medi-Cal in California?
California's Democratic-controlled Legislature has been an enthusiastic supporter of the 2010 federal healthcare reform law, but it has yet to take advantage of one of the most important provisions: the opportunity to offer Medi-Cal, the state's version...
Tags: Insurance, Medicaid, Productivity, Healthcare Policies, Poverty
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Gov. Jerry Brown details budget numbers at Capitol
PolitiCalGov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal, which he is detailing this morning at the Capitol, includes $97.7 billion in general-fund spending, an estimated 4% increase over the current year. The budget will also include $40.1 billion in spending from special... -
Restaurants 2013: Sales to exceed $660 billion, challenges loom
The American restaurant industry is headed into a year full of obstacles, including health coverage costs related to "Obamacare," employee turnover, rising food costs and weak consumer spending. Still, the National Restaurant Assn. predicts that the...
Tags: Olive Garden, Health Care Reform (2009), Barack Obama, Fiscal Cliff, Lifestyle and Leisure
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