Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

JebÂ Bush's plan involves gradually increasingÂ the retirement age necessary to receive Social Security benefits -- raising the age by one month every year starting in 2022. (AP Photo)

Jeb Bush gets down to business on entitlement reform

Ryan Lovelace · October 27, 2015 4:02 pm

Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb BushÂ is unveiling a plan to shore up Social Security and Medicare through a variety of changes that would reduce government benefits for seniors at higher income levels and provide retirees with more choices to save and to finance their health spending.Â (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Jeb Bush proposes cutting benefits for wealthier seniors

Philip Klein · October 27, 2015 2:30 pm

Here in the U.S., the Independent Payment Advisory Board could soon be responsible for rationing healthcare for our nation's seniors. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Is UK-style cancer drug rationing coming to America soon?

Naomi Lopez, Christina Sandefur · October 27, 2015 4:01 am

Congressional aides said it's looking more likely that Congress will address the Medicare cost increase within a larger end-of-the-year deal to fund the government for fiscal 2016. (AP Photo)

Congress’ to do list: Add Medicare

Susan Ferrechio · October 26, 2015 4:01 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 17, 2015, to discuss a synopsis of the House Republican budget proposal as he announces the plan. The plan includes a boost in defense spending but cuts in the Medicaid program for the poor, food stamps and health care subsidies. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

House strips part of Obamacare repeal bill

Robert King · October 22, 2015 3:36 pm

Erica Canaut, center, cheers as she and other anti-abortion activists rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, to condemn the use in medical research of tissue samples obtained from aborted fetuses. Texas announced Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, that it was cutting off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics following undercover videos of officials discussing fetal tissue, potentially triggering a legal fight like the one unfolding in neighboring Louisiana. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas cuts funding to Planned Parenthood

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 19, 2015 5:06 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has named six Democrats to a special panel formed by Republicans to investigate Planned Parenthood.Â (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Judge orders Louisiana to keep funding Planned Parenthood

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 19, 2015 2:54 pm

Democratic presidential candidate HillaryÂ Clinton called the scheduled Medicare hike "outrageous and senseless."Â (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Clinton calls for averting Medicare hikes

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 16, 2015 6:47 pm

Lawmakers, such as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., want to avoid projected 52 percent hikes in the insurance program's Part B premiums.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Enrollment starts among Medicare fight

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 15, 2015 5:22 pm

John Kasich proposes to balance the federal budget in 8 years

John Kasich proposes to balance the federal budget in 8 years

Ryan Lovelace · October 15, 2015 3:13 pm

Medicaid obligations grew by nearly 7 percent, compared with 3.4 percent in states that expanded the program.Â (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

GOP states pay price for not expanding Medicaid

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 15, 2015 1:30 pm

The state's Republican lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Gov. Gary Herbert's proposal. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Utah Medicaid expansion gets possible deathblow

Robert King · October 14, 2015 6:58 pm