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Medicare
House GOP Losing Dem Support For Quashing Medicare Cost-Saving Panel
Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) and Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Republicans have had no luck convincing Democrats to adopt their controversial plan to convert Medicare into a subsidized private insurance system. But they have had some success convincing Democrats to abandon President Obama and his plan for making Medicare spending sustainable. At least until now.
With help from some Democrats, House committees last week cleared legislation that would repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), the Medicare cost-saving board created by Obama's health care law, and the GOP-led chamber is poised to pass it next week. But their new plan to pay for the bill with a medical malpractice reform measure is already costing them Democratic votes -- and thus weakening their claim that Obama's vision for Medicare faces bipartisan opposition.
It's the latest jab in the congressional shadowboxing over Medicare's future.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Barack Obama, Frank Pallone, House Republicans, IPAB, Independent Payment Advisory Board, John Cornyn, Kathleen Sebelius, Medicare, Senate, Senate Republicans, White House
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Democrats Break Down Impact Of GOP Medicare Plan District By District
Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA)
House Democrats have broken down the massive changes to Medicare and Medicaid proposed by the House GOP into a convenient take home size.
Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman (CA) and Frank Pallone (NJ), voters can now see what Democrats say is the direct impact of the Republican plan to turn Medicare into a voucher system on every congressional district in the country.
Waxman and Pallone have set up an interactive map that allows viewers to pop open a report on the impact of the Medicare change on the population in their community.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Frank Pallone, Henry Waxman, Medicare, Medicare/Medicaid
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