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• Why Believe New Promise When Congress Breaks Old Promise?

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 764
  Congress wants America to believe its new promises to control spending even as it reneges on its old promises and spends more than ever. The “new” promise within health care reform bills is to reduce Medicare spending by hundreds of billions of dollars. Yet simultaneously, Congress is reversing 1997 ...
  2 days ago

• How to Talk Oneself Out of Keeping a Promise in Order to Do the Right Thing

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 513
  President Obama’s budget director, Peter Orszag, gave a really nice speech on the economy and fiscal policy this week.  It reinforces my belief that: (1) Peter really doesn’t view the “legacy” of the deficit-financed Bush tax cuts as a good one; (2) Peter really doesn’t want the Bush tax cuts to ...
  1 week ago

• Dusting Off My “Death Tax” Stuff

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 513
  First we heard that estate tax legislation would be considered as early as next week in the House, but tonight Majority Leader Hoyer suggested it could be put off until the very last minute:  up to six weeks from now, just before the estate tax is scheduled under current law to–well, to put it in really ...
  2 weeks ago

• The “Doc Fix” and Its Budget Gimmickry Is Not a Clever New Democratic Idea

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 513
  An editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal suggests that the Obama Administration and the Democrats in Congress have come up with a new and clever way to deceive the American public about the costs of government (emphasis added): Later this week, or maybe next, Senate Democrats plan to vote on a stand-alone ...
  3 weeks ago

• Hoyer: Doc-Fix Bill Hinges on Senate Adopting Pay-Go Rules

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) isn’t the only Democrat playing hard-ball on health reform this year. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Tuesday that the House won’t support a $245 billion proposal to revamp Medicare’s physician reimbursement formula unless the Senate agrees to adopt ...
  3 weeks ago

• Why the “Doc Fix” Doesn’t Fix Health Care

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 513
  As we explained in a Concord Coalition press release today: The Senate is expected to consider a bill this week that would permanently increase physician reimbursement rates relative to the current Medicare “sustainable growth rate” (SGR) formula and exempt this “doc fix” from pay-as-you-go budget rules ...
  3 weeks ago

• New Cricket PAYGo Monthly Plans Now Available at Dollar General Corporation Stores

  
  Cell Phone News and Cell Phone Reviews: HotCellularPhone.com — Authority: 145
  Cricket Communications today announced the availability of its new, all-inclusive Cricket PAYGo products at nearly 1,700 Dollar General Corporation store locations in Cricket markets.  Cricket PAYGo’s unlimited wireless service at $1, $2 or $3 per day used has been available at Dollar General stores since ...
  4 weeks ago

• Pelosi: Medicare Doc Fix Must Be Paid For

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 767
  Yesterday, Senate Democratic leaders began moving on a proposal to scrap the current formula dictating doctors’ Medicare rates and replacing it with a system more accurately reflecting the costs to treat those patients. Notably, party leaders appear poised to pass the bill separately from broader health reform ...
  4 weeks ago

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