WASHINGTON — Seeking an elusive middle ground, President Barack Obama is proposing a 2014 budget that embraces tax increases abhorred by Republicans as well as reductions, loathed by liberals, in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs. The plan, if ever enacted, could touch almost all Americans. The rich would see tax increases, [...]
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Obama seeks deal, proposes cuts to Social Security
Posted on 11 April 2013.
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Obama’s charm campaign: High marks, no concessions
Posted on 18 March 2013.
WASHINGTON, March 16 — President Barack Obama’s widely publicized recent string of meetings with rank-and-file Republican and Democratic lawmakers earned him public praise from even some of his most implacable critics. But for all the warm talk, no breakthroughs were anticipated and none emerged to break the impasse between the White House and Congress over [...]
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Applying for Obama health care plan not easy
Posted on 14 March 2013.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar WASHINGTON — Applying for benefits under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes. The government’s draft application runs 15 pages for a three-person family. An outline of the online version has 21 steps, some with additional questions. Seven months before the Oct. 1 start of [...]
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Obama should never have accepted Social Security COLA cut
Posted on 08 February 2013.
By Al Norman Just before the New Year, I was invited to listen in on a White House conference call. The briefing was not open to the media — so it will never be in the news. The conference call was with a high-ranking staff person for President Barack Obama. The subject was the fiscal [...]
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Liberal think tank unveils Medicare cut options
Posted on 14 November 2012.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar WASHINGTON — Hoping to head off wider health care cuts in upcoming budget talks, a think tank close to the White House is unveiling a plan for how to save $385 billion, mostly from Medicare. Medicaid and the new health care law are largely spared from cuts in the blueprint released today [...]
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The Supreme ‘Obamacare’ surprise will test mental health limits
Posted on 01 August 2012.
By Al Norman On June 28, Chief Justice John Roberts surprised a lot of people — myself included. I had been writing that the U.S. Supreme Court would eviscerate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on a 5-4 party line vote. The number count was right — but Roberts shifted to the other side. Yet his [...]
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