Today’s Headlines – April 26, 2012
Politico: Government Shutdown On The Horizon? Plunging ahead along party lines, the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved a set of Republican-backed spending targets that break with the August debt accords by demanding more than $27 billion in additional savings from non-defense programs. The 28-21 vote sets up a long summer of political skirmishing, all […]
Today’s Headlines – April 25, 2012
The Associated Press/Washington Post: GOP Pulls Its Budget Punches As Follow Up Legislation Advances On Capitol Hill Instead of big reductions in Medicaid and Medicare, top GOP lawmakers are sticking mostly with familiar proposals like cutting money for President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and federal employee pensions while reaching out to Democrats to help […]
Today’s Headlines – April 24, 2012
Good morning! Here is your morning news roundup. The New York Times: Social Security’s Financial Health Worsens The Obama administration reported a significant deterioration in the financial outlook for Social Security on Monday, while stating that the financial condition of Medicare was stable but still unsustainable. … One of the trustees, Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary […]
Today’s Headlines – April 23, 2012
Good Monday morning! Here are your headlines to get you back in the swing of things: The Associated Press/Washington Post: Social Security, Medicare Strained By Slow Economic Recovery, Aging Workforce An aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound are straining the long-term finances of Social Security and Medicare, the government’s two […]
Today’s Headlines – April 20, 2012
Happy Friday! Here are your morning headlines: Los Angeles Times: House Passes 20% Tax Cut For Businesses Despite a veto threat from President Obama, the Republican-led House approved a 20% election-year tax cut for most companies intended to entice them to pick up the pace of hiring and, thus, boost the economy. Democrats, though, said […]
Today’s Headlines – April 19, 2012
Good morning! Here are your a.m. headlines … The New York Times: In A Shift, Medicare Pushes Bids The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would vastly expand the use of competitive bidding to buy medical equipment for Medicare beneficiaries after a one-year experiment saved money for taxpayers and patients without harming the quality of […]
Today’s Headlines – April 18, 2012
Good morning! Hold on to your coffee cups, here are your a.m. headlines to start your day off: Politico: Jobs, Funding Related To Health Care Law At Risk It’s likely that some in the health reform workforce would get reabsorbed into other Health and Human Services offices, where a number worked prior to the health […]
Today’s Headlines – April 17, 2012
Reuters/Chicago Tribune: U.S. Cites Assurant Unit Over Health Premium Hike U.S. officials on Monday cited two health insurers for excessive premium increases, under consumer protection rules of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law that could soon be nullified by the Supreme Court (4/16). The Wall Street Journal: Romney Woos Conservative Leaders Mitt Romney, while ramping […]
Today’s Headlines – April 16, 2012
The New York Times: GOP Lawmakers And Romney Face A Delicate Tango With Representative Paul D. Ryan’s budget plan, Republicans have already set the agenda on the key issue that divides the two parties in an age of austerity: how to manage the federal budget and its related entitlement programs. Mr. Romney has eagerly embraced […]
Today’s Headlines – April 13, 2012
Happy Friday! Here are your morning headlines … Reuters/Chicago Tribune: Sebelius Seeks Civil Rights Support For U.S. Healthcare Law A top U.S. administration official asked civil rights activists on Thursday to help defend President Barack Obama’s embattled healthcare law, saying the reform package faces an “enemy” determined to set American health policy back half a […]
Today’s Headlines – April 12, 2012
The Washington Post: ‘Buffet Rule’ Vs. Ryan Plan: Who Should Chip In More The great moral debate of the 2012 campaign is turning out to be as inspiring as drunks arguing over a bar tab. The basic argument is this: “Who’s not paying their fair share?” Democrats have pointed the finger at millionaires, and this […]
Today’s Headlines – April 11, 2012
Good morning! We have a few headlines on how the public feels about the health law this morning. Read on! The Washington Post: Poll: More Americans Expect Supreme Court’s Health-Care Decision To Be Political More Americans think Supreme Court justices will be acting mainly on their partisan political views than on a neutral reading of […]
Today’s Headlines – April 10, 2012
Happy Tuesday morning! Here are your morning headlines to get you going: The Washington Post: Health-Care Law Will Add $340 Billion To Deficit, New Study Finds President Obama’s landmark health-care initiative, long touted as a means to control costs, will actually add more than $340 billion to the nation’s budget woes over the next decade, […]
Today’s Headlines – April 9, 2012
Good morning and welcome back from the weekend. Here are your morning headlines: The Wall Street Journal: Both Parties Wooing Seniors President Barack Obama and Democrats are counting on regaining support from older voters who switched to the GOP in 2008 and 2010 by attacking Republican plans to revamp Medicare. But Mitt Romney is proving […]
Today’s headlines – April 5, 2012
Good morning! Today’s headlines look at the implications a Supreme Court decision could have on the November elections: The New York Times: Court’s Potential To Goad Voters Swings To Democrats Now strategists in both parties are suggesting this could be the Democrats’ year to make the court a foil to mobilize voters. The prospect arises […]
Today’s Headlines – April 4, 2012
Good morning! Here are your early a.m. headlines to get your day started: The New York Times: Obama, In Talk, Calls House GOP Budget The Work Of Rightist Radicals President Obama opened a full-frontal assault on Tuesday on the federal budget adopted by House Republicans, condemning it as a “Trojan horse” that would greatly deepen […]
Today’s Headlines – April 3, 2012
Good morning! Here’s what the health policy news looks like this morning: The Associated Press/Washington Post: Obama Calls House GOP Budget Plan A Trojan Horse For ‘Radical’ Change Obama, in a speech to newspaper executives, is sharply criticizing a $3.5 trillion budget proposal pushed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., which passed on a near-party-line vote […]
Today’s Headlines – April 2, 2012
Good morning! Here are your Monday morning headlines … Politico: The Health Reform Ruling: Four Likely Scenarios A victory in the Supreme Court — less than five months before the presidential election — doesn’t guarantee that either party can win over public opinion. And it certainly doesn’t signal the end of the debate over health […]
Today’s Headlines – March 30, 2012
Good morning and an especially happy Friday to you! The health law’s week at the Supreme Court is over, but we still have some headlines for you to catch up on all the analysis: The Washington Post: The Supreme Court Will Decide On The Health-Care Law Soon. It Will Tell You Later. If the usual […]
Today’s Headlines – March 29, 2012
Here are your morning headlines — much of them trying to wrap up a tumultuous three days of health law oral arguments at the Supreme Court. Enjoy! The New York Times: On Day 3, Justices Weigh What-Ifs Of Health Ruling The justices seemed divided on both questions before them: What should happen to the rest of […]
