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• Oct 16 The Truth About Medicare Nancy Pelosi Special to CNN The Affordable Care Act does not cut a single benefit or add a single penny to the cost of insurance for any Medicare beneficiary.
• Sep 14 Fewer Uninsured People New York Times Repealing health care reform or shrinking Medicaid, as many Republicans want to do, would be disastrous moves.
• Aug 23 Health Law Gives Medicare Fraud Fighters New Weapons Sarah Varney, NPR Fraud squads that look for Medicare scams have new weapons from Affordable Care Act.
• Jul 27 Want to Protect Medicare? Reduce Deficits in a Balanced Way Paul N. Van de Water, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Reducing deficits almost entirely by cutting programs, with little or no new revenues, would likely require deep cuts in Medicare…
• Jul 26 Medicaid Expansion May Lower Death Rates, Study Says NEW YORK TIMES A new study found when states expanded their Medicaid programs fewer people died.
• Jul 23 Working poor stand at center of Medicaid debate BUSINESSWEEK Without a Medicaid expansion, the state's working poor will continue relying on emergency rooms — the most costly treatment option…
• Jul 17 States saying no to ‘Obamacare’ could see downside Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press States that reject the law's Medicaid expansion risk leaving behind many of their low-income residents.
• Jul 17 Health Insurance Prices For Women Set To Drop Shots – Health Blog, NPR Under the health care overhaul, insurers can’t charge women higher premiums than men.
• Jul 12 Health care repeal effort: Worth the time? (Video) CBS The Republican repeal effort has taken up at least 80 hours on the House floor, costing taxpayers around $50 million...
• Jul 10 The Affordable Care Act has made the U.S. health-care system stronger Washington Post The Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act was a turning point in the health-care debate…
• Jul 06 When It’s the Nurse Who Needs Looking After New York Times Blog Recent research reveals that when nurses suffer, so do their patients…
• Jun 28 Medicare helps Beneficiaries Save $3.7 billion on Rx Thanks to health care reform 5.2 million people on Medicare saved $3.5 billion on their prescription drugs.
• Apr 11 Broccoli and Bad Faith Paul Krugman, New York Times
• Jun 15 LEAKED: Secret Report on Jindal's Privatization Plan Eric Lach, Talking Points Memo Louisiana effort to privatize health insurance would increase premiums according to confidential report.
• May 13 Medicare Trust Fund Boosted By Health Care Reform: Report Ryan Grim, Huffington Post The Medicare trust fund will last eight years longer than it would have without the passage of last year's health care law, the program’s trustees announced Friday.
• Apr 12 Countering the Siege Pres. McEntee, New York Times AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and our allies in a growing battle over workers’ rights.
• Apr 12 Countering the Siege New York Times AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and our allies in a growing battle over workers’ rights.