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Electoral Politics End; Legislative Season Begins

Posted on 11/8/2012 by | Health | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | PoliticsJackie Judd, vice president and senior advisor for communications at the Kaiser Family Foundation, talks to Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News and journalist Richard E. Cohen about what the new political landscape means for the health law and for federal budget negotiations. Read the transcript: JACKIE JUDD: Good Day, and welcome to Health On The Hill. I’m Jackie Judd. President Obama is re-elected and we again have a divided Congress. What does that mean for the Affordable Care …

Democrats’ Medicare Offensive Falls Flat Against GOP

Posted on 11/8/2012 by | Health | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | PoliticsBy Richard E. Cohen for Kaiser Health News At first glance, Tuesday’s election does not appear to have altered much the country’s health care politics: Many of the same key players and issues will dominate the congressional debate. Yet the temptation to claim a “status quo” outcome from the election ignores broader trends in this year’s health and Medicare debates, according to longtime congressional observers. The similarities for the upcoming 113th Congress are evident: Republicans will hold comfortable control of …

AARP’s Motivation? What’s Best for Older Americans

Posted on 10/2/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

PoliticsAs Election Day draws near and political rhetoric grows heated, AARP’s support for the Affordable Care Act, known to some as “Obamacare,” is once again the subject of scrutiny by some in Congress and the media. Despite what the critics may say, the simple truth of the matter is that AARP makes policy decisions based on what we believe to be in the best interests of Americans over age 50. For more than 54 years, AARP has been driven solely …

Automatic Budget Cuts Will Reduce Medicare Payments To Doctors, Providers By $11 Billion

Posted on 09/14/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsSpecial Post By Mary Agnes Carey | Kaiser Health News staff writer Medicare providers would see reductions of about $11 billion beginning in January as part of series of automatic spending cuts set to begin next year unless Congress acts to halt them, according to estimates released Friday by the White House Office of Management and Budget. The numbers came in a report that details how federal agencies would implement roughly $110 billion in mandatory, across-the-board budget cuts agreed to …

Congress — The Branch of Government Everyone Loves to Hate

Posted on 08/15/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsEverybody hates Congress. Not exactly a news flash, is it? These days the frustration with — and outright dislike of — Congress is accepted background not only for the voting public, but also for lots of congressional candidates, who routinely disparage the performance of the government they hope to join. But there’s also evidence that voters 50 and older, in particular, are just plain fed up with government. And that dynamic could have an impact on close races this fall. …

‘You’ve Earned a Say’ National Tour kicks off!

Posted on 08/2/2012 by | Grassroots Advocacy | Comments

PoliticsAARP is taking the national conversation about Social Security and Medicare on the road! August 3 marked the kickoff of AARP’s You’ve Earned a Say National Tour to engage more Americans in the conversation about health and retirement security and the future of Medicare and Social Security. We’ll be stopping in cities and towns across the country, as well as both the DNC and RNC conventions, the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate debates, state fairs, and AARP’s Life@50+ member event. …

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