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Romney and Ryan on Medicare

The Medicare has been the focus of the presidential campaign after Mitt Romney named Paul Ryan as his running mate. Florida is one of the states that rely heavily on Medicare and it is where the Medicare battle will be most aggressive. Romney said that he would try to preserve and protect Medicare during his [...]

Catholics Opposes New Contraception Coverage

The Catholic Church criticized the White House defense of the new rules that would require religious employers to provide contraception to their workers with regards to the government’s health insurance plans. According to Anthony Picarello, general counsel of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, White House’s information is misleading and wrong. He added that the [...]

Republican Medicare Plan Would Decrease Job Growth

Political analysts warn that the Medicare plan within the Republican budget could actually be hurtful to the economy. It could destroy entrepreneurship, which will result into a slowdown of job growth. This goes against the party’s agenda of creating new jobs. According to the Republican Medicare plan, seniors will not be part of the government [...]

Republican Governors Push Obama to Change Health-Care Policies

Twenty-one Republican governors ask the federal government to run the exchanges where the residents can buy medical insurance in 2014 under the new health-care law. The request letter was sent to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The Republicans say they don’t mind running the exchanges as long as they can set the benefit [...]

Comedian Jon Stewart Takes on Republicans in Context of 9/11 First Responder Bill

Health bill enthusiasts are closely keeping tabs on Republicans and Jon Stewart’s latest concerns. The comedian put the stalled 9/11 health bill under direct spotlight, in one of his final shows. He has lambasted the Republicans (mostly) for holding up passage of a bill that was supposedly promoted to assist millions of American people. Well [...]