SHOULD CONGRESS BE EXEMPTED FROM OBAMACARE?
They passed it. Now they may want out. That’s what Politico reports. That some congressional leaders are lobbying to exempt members of Congress from getting their health care through Obamacare.
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JUDGE MULLING MILLIONS IN COMPENSATION FOR 9/11 RESPONDERS
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2 MORE BIRD FLU DEATHS IN CHINA
Two more people have died from a new variation of the avian bird flu in China. This brings to nine the number of people who have died. Massive poultry kills have taken place to stem the threat. Despite the deaths, health officials say bird to human transmission is rare.
LIBERALS OUTRAGED BY OBAMA PLAN TO CUT MEDICARE, SOCIAL SECURITY
The Washington Post reported this morning that President Obama’s 2014 budget plan, which he’ll unveil next Wednesday, will include changes to Social Security and Medicare aimed at reducing federal spending on those programs over the next decade. The reforms are an effort to appease congressional Republicans, who have said for years that the programs will [...]
JUDGE ORDERS MORNING AFTER PILL AVAILABLE TO ALL AGES
The federal government had decreed that the so-called morning after birth control pill be available without prescription to women 17 and over only. But a federal judge has now ruled that it must be provided to females of any age who ask. The government hasn’t yet said whether it will appeal the ruling.
SEQUESTER THREATENS CANCER CLINICS
The pressure’s on the White House to reverse Medicare cuts to cancer clinics. About 50 congressional offices, from both parties, have offered to lobby the administration over cuts to cancer treatment clinics due to the sequester. Cancer clinics, many in rural areas, have already begun turning away new Medicare patients. Some clinics could close.
OBAMA TO PROPOSE CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE
President Obama next week will take the political risk of formally proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare in his annual budget in an effort to demonstrate his willingness to compromise with Republicans and revive prospects for a long-term deficit reduction deal, administration officials say.