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Bipartisan legislation on Medicare unveiled
Dec 16, 2011
Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Paul Ryan released a bipartisan Medicare reform plan. The timing, amid budget and payroll tax fights, could be intentional.
Home care workers may get minimum wage, overtime
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Jeff Tyler
Dec 15, 2011
The administration's proposal could help a growing industry retain workers. But some say high labor costs could limit care for the elderly and disabled.
Bipartisan Medicare deal proposed in Washington
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Scott Tong
Dec 15, 2011
This morning, a right-wing Republican and left-wing Democrat have announced a plan to reform Medicare that may -- that may -- put policy over politics.
The end of Medicare open enrollment for the year
Dec 7, 2011
Today is the last day to choose a Medicare plan -- the end of so-called open enrollment. What does that mean for insurance customers?
Lipitor makes way for generics
Nov 29, 2011
Pfizer's blockbuster cholesterol drug loses patent protection December 1. It could have happened sooner.
Poverty numbers among elderly rise
Nov 17, 2011
Higher health care costs could be what's pushing more of the elderly into poverty.
Higher premiums for unhealthy lifestyles
Nov 17, 2011
More employers are charging overweight workers or those who smoke more for health insurance.
For public good, not for profit.
The Supreme Court takes up health care reform
Nov 14, 2011
It will decide whether it's legal to force people to buy health insurance. Big and small businesses hang in the balance.
Animated Short: The Amazing Health Care Arms Race
Sep 13, 2011
At the crossroads of our national debate about jobs and our national debate about health care debt...
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