Lawmakers float bill for Medicare to cover obesity treatment
By Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A day after the American Medical Association classified obesity as a disease, U.S.
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Health Care Reform Implementation Update - June 18, 2013
Last week the House Committee on Ways & Means Health Subcommittee held a hearing on Medicare overhaul proposals affecting post-acute care; ...
Chamber: Safety net spending is a ‘time bomb’
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is worried that not enough Americans are worried about social safety net spending. The nation’s largest business ...
Keeping undocumented immigrants off the dole is easier said than done
It hasn't been the best week for comprehensive immigration reform. David Drucker at the Washington Examiner reported that House Speaker John Boehner ...
Editorial Board: Medicare changes must be implemented now
MARILYN TAVENNERhas been administrator of Medicare and Medicaid officially for only about a month, but already she faces a policy challenge from ...
Panel OKs revisions to Eisenhower memorial designs
Sean Lengell A long-delayed memorial honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed to be built just off the National Mall took a key step forward Wednesday, ...
If anyone would know about a ‘disastrous’ gubernatorial campaign, it’s the bitter, bitter Alex Sink
As she mulls her own political return, Alex Sink “resents all the attention on lifelong-Republican-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist and is intent on ...
Media Tracking Firm: Democrats Outspending Republicans In Senate TV War
BOSTON — U.S. Rep. Edward Markey and his Democratic allies are outspending Republican Gabriel Gomez and his backers on television advertising by a ...
Experts Dispute CBO Report on Immigration Reform
Immigration experts at the Heritage Foundation disputed claims by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill ...
Congress kicks the can
The upturn proves just enough to allow lawmakers to think they might be able to avoid making painful concessions, at least until after they run for ...