Medicare
GOP economic plans signal class war on working families
February 1, 2011Detailed analysis of House Republican economic proposals reveals an extreme agenda that few Americans would have knowingly voted for.
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Health reform to close Medicare “donut hole”
August 10, 2010More than 750,000 Medicare beneficiaries have so far received relief from the so-called prescription drug donut hole as a result of President Obama's health reform law.
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Birthday wishes for Medicare at 45: “everybody in”
July 30, 2010CLEVELAND -- July 30 was a bright sunny summer day here in Cleveland and dozens gathered in Public Square to launch balloons in celebration of the 45th anniversary of Medicare and call for extending the program...
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America Speaks back: Derailing the drive to cut Social Security and Medicare
June 23, 2010Next weekend will feature another milestone in the drive to cut Social Security and Medicare. The organization America Speaks will be hosting a series of 20 meetings in cities across the country. They will ask the...
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Lieberman says he’ll filibuster Medicare buy-in
December 14, 2009Democrats in the Senate who thought they had a compromise progressives and "centrists" could both support learned this weekend that independent Sen. Joe Lieberman can be counted on to do just about anything to sabotage health...
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