BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a $1.25 billion stopgap budget to keep state government operating while lawmakers complete work on a final spending plan for the 2012 fiscal year that begins Friday. Patrick said the 10-day interim budget will keep critical government services operating. Those include health care payments for children, families, unemployed [...]
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Medicaid for the middle class?
Posted on 22 June 2011.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government number crunchers say they discovered only after the complex bill was signed. The change would affect early retirees: A married couple could have an annual income of [...]
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AARP has not changed its position on Social Security
Posted on 17 June 2011.
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2011 — AARP CEO A. Barry Rand offered the following statement in response to inaccurate media stories on the association’s policy on Social Security: “Let me be clear – AARP is as committed as we’ve ever been to fighting to protect Social Security for today’s seniors and strengthening it for future generations. [...]
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Nonpartisan panel suggests major changes for Medicare
Posted on 16 June 2011.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar WASHINGTON — As Vice President Joe Biden and congressional negotiators hunt for budget cuts, major Medicare changes that could squeeze billions in savings got a boost Wednesday from a nonpartisan panel of experts that advises lawmakers. Those changes are already under consideration in the budget talks, officials say. One idea would revamp [...]
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Analysis: Parties maneuvering on debt, health care
Posted on 07 June 2011.
By David Espo WASHINGTON— The threat of a first-ever default by the federal government is pushing President Barack Obama and Republicans toward a sweeping agreement to cut government spending and increase the Treasury’s borrowing authority. Yet a perennial partisan struggle over the Medicare program for seniors’ health care drives them apart. Remarkably, the two sides [...]
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GOP presses Obama on spending cuts, Medicare
Posted on 02 June 2011.
By Erica Werner WASHINGTON — Face to face at the White House, GOP leaders complained to President Barack Obama on Wednesday that he had not produced a detailed plan of spending cuts and accused him of playing politics over Medicare as the nation careens toward a debt crisis. House Speaker John Boehner said he was [...]
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