Republicans charge that Democrats’ support for expanding Medicare would threaten the viability of the program for the seniors who depend on it.
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GOP’s Latest Campaign Punch On Health Care Relies On Classic Hook: Medicare
Posted on 03 November 2018.
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GOP budget drops Medicare overhaul
Posted on 29 April 2015.
By Andrew Taylor WASHINGTON — House and Senate GOP negotiators neared agreement Monday on a budget blueprint that would enable Republicans controlling Congress to more easily target President Barack Obama’s signature health care law while delivering an almost $40 billion budget boost to the Pentagon. The emerging plan relies on deep cuts to domestic agency […]
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Talks to begin on Capitol Hill budget measure
Posted on 21 April 2015.
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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Republican plan would hike Medicare premiums
Posted on 13 December 2011.
Raising taxes on millionaires may be a non-starter for Republicans, but they seem to have no problem hiking Medicare premiums for retirees making a lot less. The House is expected to vote Tuesday on a year-end economic package that includes a provision raising premiums for “high-income” Medicare beneficiaries, now defined as those making $85,000 and […]
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Social Security focus of Republican debate
Posted on 13 September 2011.
By Charles Babington TAMPA, Fla. — Attacked from all sides by fellow Republicans, Texas Gov. Rick Perry softened his rhetoric if not his position on Social Security in a crackling presidential campaign debate Monday night. He fended off assaults on his record creating jobs and requiring the vaccination of schoolgirls against a cancer-causing sexually transmitted […]
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Obama budget ignores Social Security, Medicare fixes
Posted on 14 February 2011.
Speaking at a news conference a day after releasing his 2012 budget — a $3.73 trillion spending plan — Obama said the politically explosive changes in those programs cannot be solved through dictates from the White House. The White House budget proposal does not address reforms to the Social Security pension system, Medicare medical insurance […]
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