This bill would end Medicare as we know it, replacing it with a voucher system for seniors to buy health insurance coverage on the open market. Actuaries say the amount of the vouchers would not be enough for seniors to replace the coverage they would lose with the end of Medicare. [more]
This bill would end Medicare as we know it, replacing it with a voucher system for seniors to buy health insurance coverage on the open market. Actuaries say the amount of the vouchers would not be enough for seniors to replace the coverage they would lose with the end of Medicare. [more]
On Passage - House - H.R. 3961 Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 [more]
11/19/2010 4:11 PM --
Here’s an original thought from a quartet of House Democrats: Those conservatives who are pledging to repeal health care reform should first reject their own taxpayer-subsidized health insurance on principle. Rep. Joe Crowley and three others are lining up like-minded co-signers for a letter asking their counterparts across the aisle to do just that. They [...]
Joseph Crowley: than ever. in the past health care has simply skyrocketed. if we do nothing it will get worse. in we do nothi small businesses will shell out $29,000 in medical costs per employee. if we do nothing the cost of an employer-supports ord health care plan will increase by 84% by 2016.
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