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I am Jackie Judd with Health on the Hill. The so called “doc fix” is still in play on Capitol Hill.

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Transcript: Health On The Hill – Kaiser Health News

The number of doctors refusing new Medicare patients because of low government payment rates is setting a new high, just six months before millions of Baby Boomers begin enrolling in the government health care program. …

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The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Health Care Reform: Working …

Barbara Franklin was worried that under the new health care reform law, seniors who receive their Medicare coverage from the privately-run Medicare Advantage program would see their coverage and benefits reduced because the law …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Alliance, IUPAT Members Ask Obama About Health …

CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama called on Republican lawmakers Saturday to approve billions of dollars in new spending to avert a scheduled 21 percent cut in payments to doctors who treat Medicare …

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Obama Weekly Address: President Hits Republicans Over Health Care …

The movement for single-payer health reform – an improved Medicare for All – is hopping in Indianapolis, “the Crossroads of America.” I can personally vouch for this, having taken part in two events there on May 18 sponsored by Hoosiers …

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Dr. Quentin Young: Health care drama at America's crossroads

Ottawa needs to stop privatization and start enforcing the Canada Health Act. But we can’t win a purely defensive battle.

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Leadership on health care | NDP

Are you a Medicare recipient with questions about the new health care reform law, or do you know someone who is? Tomorrow, you’ll have a chance to get those questions answered by President Obama and Secretary of Health and Human …

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Got Health Care Reform and Medicare Questions …

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has defended the appointment of socialized medicine and health care rationing fan, Dr. Donald Berwick, to head Medicare/Medicaid. As to Berwick’s advocacy of rationing, Hoyer punted, saying in essence, …

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Obamacare: Hoyer Wrong–Health Care Not Currently “Rationed …

Summary: President Obama has tapped Dr. Donald Berwick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus has said that he hopes to hold confirmation hearings before the July 4 recess, …

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Health Beat: Support for Berwick to Head Medicare Grows– Only …

Obama’s nomination of Harvard professor Dr. Donald Berwick, a proponent of rationing to cut health costs, to head Medicare and Medicaid could spark another fight in the Senate.

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Obama's New Health Rationer-in-Chief | FrumForum