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Last week, I wrote a lengthy summary of the new bipartisan Medicare and health-care reform plan from Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.). Today, I’d like to address some of the objections to the plan from both conservatives and liberals. Wyden-Ryan isn’t perfect—no plan that can get through Congress will ever be—but it’s likely to be our best chance at getting both parties to ………click here to continue reading

Conservative interest groups and Republican lawmakers want Justice Elena Kagan off the health care case. Liberals and Democrats in Congress say it’s Justice Clarence Thomas who should sit it out…….click here to continue reading

WASHINGTON — The government’s promise of lifetime health care for the military’s men and women is suddenly a little less sacrosanct as Congress looks to slash trillion-dollar-plus deficits…….click here to continue reading

As far as health-reform boosters go, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) is among the most stalwart. “We want to show that health reform is something real, that it actually works,” he said. “Oregon is a place that can actually make it happen.” His state has aggressively implemented the health overhaul Congress passed last year, taking more than $100 million in federal funding to do so. Read full ………click here to continue reading

Two summers ago, members of Congress were launching a historic debate over paying for health care. Now they’re consumed by a debate over the debt … But health care costs haven’t gone away…….click here to continue reading