By Andrew Taylor WASHINGTON — Cuts to Medicare and the health care law and almost $40 billion in unrequested money for overseas war-fighting operations top the agenda as congressional negotiators meet on Monday to begin ironing out a Republican budget blueprint for next year and beyond. Separate House- and Senate-passed budget plans have plenty in […]

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A smartphone or tablet can help you see where your dollars are going, as a first step toward making a change.

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BOSTON, March 4 — Gov. Charlie Baker released his first state budget for the year beginning July 1, 2015. According to the Elder Office of Elder Affairs, the main message out of the governor’s budget was that there would be no home care wait list in FY 16 and that the Enhanced Community Options Program, […]

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By David Espo WASHINGTON— House Republicans quietly deepened recommended budget savings from the government’s chief health care program for the poor, Medicaid, by about $140 billion in recent weeks to offset part of the cost of higher payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients, according to officials familiar with the tradeoff. The maneuver comes as […]

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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are putting down a marker with their budget blueprint, one day after the House GOP unveiled a 10-year plan that boosts the military, makes deep cuts in social programs that include Medicare and targets President Barack Obama’s laws on health care and financial reforms. The companion measure contains greater cost cuts to […]

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BROCKTON, MA — Six days before Gov. Deval Patrick announced his budget cuts to elder home care services, elder rights groups including Old Colony Elder Services (OCES), the Brockton-based regional agency serving older adults and individuals with disabilities, sent him a letter urging him not to hurt vulnerable seniors. Now that the “9c cuts” have been announced, advocates […]

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