Health Care Takes a Hit in New Commission PlanBy Drew AltmanThe Fiscal TimesNovember 12, 2010Three national commissions are hammering out recommendations for reducing the debt

Medicare is already an inadequate program for our seniors and for individuals with long term disabilities. The commissioners are making an egregious mistake

Is the Deficit Commission Serious?By Kevin DrumMother JonesNovember 10, 2010So this report matters (the "chairman's mark" of the deficit commission report), even though it's really

After reading Kevin Drum's explanation of the federal deficit, it becomes even more obvious that all we have to do is improve Medicare,

Critique of the co-chairs’ health care proposals for the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and ReformBy Don McCanne, M.D.The projected increases in Medicare spending are

Co-Chairs' Proposal (Draft Document)National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and ReformNovember 10, 2010Reducing Health Care Costs (page 31)## Medium Term: Fully offset the cost of the

Co-Chairs' Proposal (Draft Document)National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and ReformNovember 10, 2010Reducing Health Care Costs (page 31)## Medium Term: Fully offset the cost of the

Today, behind closed doors, the chairmen of President's Obama's deficit commission, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, presented to the other members of the

Central Utah children on CHIP face doctor shortageBy Kirsten StewarThe Salt Lake TribuneNovember 8, 2010Privatizing Utah’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is supposed to save

The drive to divert the administration of publicly-financed health insurance programs to the private sector can be described at best as irrational fanaticism.

President Barack Obama60 MinutesNovember 4, 2010President Barack Obama:  ... I think there were some that argued, "Well, you should just stop and let people digest