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CMS Chief Actuary on reducing health care costs
Jan 26, 2011
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At one point, Foster indicated that he had more confidence in Chairman Ryan’s proposed Medicare reform plan to bring down costs than he has in the new health care law’s ability to do the same: “If you can put that pressure on the research and development community, you might have fighting chance of...
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The Economist: Ryan to the Rescue?
Feb 11, 2010
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From The Economist print edition A Congressman with a brave vision IF REPUBLICANS are displeased with their image as the party of “No”, few of them have done much about it. One notable exception is Paul Ryan, a congressman from Wisconsin whose “Roadmap for America’s Future” offers an ambitious alte...
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GOP Rep. Paul Ryan tackles Obama's path to deficit disaster
Feb 10, 2010
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By Michael Gerson Washington Post The new era of Democratic bipartisanship, like cut flowers in a vase, wilted in less than a week. During his question time at the House Republican retreat, President Obama elevated congressman and budget expert Paul Ryan as a "sincere guy" whose budget blueprint --...
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CBO Analysis of A Roadmap for America's Future
Feb 9, 2010
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According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), absent reforms to gain control of federal spending, deficits, and debt, the U.S. economy will stagnate and then literally crash. Unless reformed to slow their spending growth, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security will go bankrupt and be unable to...
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CMS Projections for Future Health Care Spending
Feb 5, 2010
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Yesterday, CMS released its annual report projecting health spending for the coming decade. The report can be found on the Health Affairs website here. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/hlthaff.2009.1074v1 This report emphasizes why a government-takeover of health care will only exacerbat...
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