medicare cuts

Sequester Fallout: Where Will Medicare Patients Get Chemo?

Posted on 04/4/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthWith Medicare cuts from the sequester kicking in this week, cancer doctors warn that they may be forced to stop offering chemotherapy in their offices and clinics. A survey of 331 oncology practices by the Community Oncology Alliance found that 72 percent planned drastic measures like not taking new Medicare patients, not seeing any Medicare patients without supplemental insurance or sending away everyone in the program who needs chemotherapy. “I hate the idea of people battling cancer worrying about anything,” said …

GOP Budget Takes Aim Again at Obamacare, Medicare

Posted on 03/12/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy Andrew Taylor of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans unveiled their latest budget outline on Tuesday, sticking to their plans to try to repeal so-called Obamacare, cut domestic programs ranging from Medicaid to college grants and require future Medicare patients to bear more of the program’s cost. Related: Read AARP reaction to Paul Ryan’s newly announced budget proposal The point is to prove it’s possible to balance the budget within 10 years by simply cutting spending and …

Cuts Imminent, Senate Democrats, GOP Stage Votes

Posted on 02/28/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy David Espo, Special Correspondent, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Squabbling away the hours, the Senate swatted aside last-ditch plans to block $85 billion in broad-based federal spending reductions Thursday as Republicans and Democrats blamed each other for the latest outbreak of gridlock and the Obama administration readied plans to put the cuts into effect. So entrenched were the two parties that the Senate chaplain, Barry Black, opened the day’s session with a prayer that beseeched a higher power …

Senate Democrats, GOP to Stage Votes on Rival Budget Cuts

Posted on 02/28/2013 by | General News | Comments

PoliticsBy Andrew Taylor of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Across-the-board spending cuts all but certain, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are staging a politically charged showdown designed to avoid public blame for any resulting inconvenience or disruption in government services. The two parties drafted alternative measures to replace the cuts, but officials conceded in advance the rival measures were doomed. At the White House, President Barack Obama invited congressional leaders to discuss the issue with him on Friday …