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GAO says Medicare regulator followed the rules in Humana smackdown

By Joe Eaton

The Government Accountability Office is siding with Medicare administrators in a dispute with Humana Inc.— the nation’s largest private heal

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FACT CHECK: Democrats' repeat ‘end Medicare’ cry is wrong, again

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Study: Medicare contractors vulnerable to conflict

By The Associated Press

FACT CHECK: Final four GOP candidates face off in South Carolina

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OPINION: Rep. Ryan's budget plan is a "Path to the Poorhouse"

By Wendell Potter

Lobbyists swarm capitol to influence health reform

By Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell

When President Barack Obama meets with Congressional leadership on Thursday to jump start stalled health reform efforts, industry lobbyists

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Lobbyists tag along on civil rights tour

By Marina Walker Guevara

Scared Red: The PACs that followed the nation rightward in 2010

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Elizabeth Lucas

Illegal defense

By Lauren Bonora, Kate Sheppard and Alex Knott

Breaking the law

By M. Asif Ismail

Max Baucus — Senate Finance Committee

By Jeremy Borden

Raised on a Montana ranch, Sen. Max Baucus now wrangles tax policy as head of the powerful Finance Committee. The Big Sky State Democrat, 69

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Max Baucus is known as a centrist dealmaker

By Jeremy Borden and Aaron Mehta

How do health care lobby dollars match influence in Congress?

By Adam Clark Estes

OPINION: Giving thanks for regulation of insurance industry greed

By Wendell Potter

OPINION: translating insurance-speak

By Wendell Potter

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Budget deliberations silent on Medicare or other entitlements

By Gordon Witkin

True fiscal hawks likely won’t find much to celebrate in this week’s budget machinations, talk of spending cuts aside. That’s because neithe

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Medicare: An entitlement out of control

By David Nather

FACT CHECK: Bachmann wrongly calls the health care law the largest entitlement program in history

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Fact Check: Rep. Ryan's budget spin

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GOP deficit-cutters eye health IT stimulus funds as Obama’s point man leaves

By Kimberly Leonard

For federal deficit reduction commission, Medicare changes may be easier said than done

By Gordon Witkin

The salvo fired Wednesday by the co-chairs of a federal deficit reduction commission made clear that a host of budgetary sacred cows are in

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Michael Jackson's doctor, other convicted felons, still listed as Medicare providers

By Joe Eaton

Grassley, Wyden introduce bill to make Medicare data public

By Joe Eaton

Have you seen a new doctor since enrolling in Medicare?

Jon Huntsman's $1 trillion mistake

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Data analysis on digital mammography Medicare claims

By David Donald and Elizabeth Lucas

The Center analyzed Medicare claims data obtained from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). For the digital mammography ana

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Research methodology

By David Donald and Elizabeth Lucas

Unproven for older women, digital mammography saps Medicare dollars

By Joe Eaton, Elizabeth Lucas and David Donald

GOP deficit-cutters eye health IT stimulus funds as Obama’s point man leaves

By Kimberly Leonard

FACT CHECK: Bachmann wrongly calls the health care law the largest entitlement program in history

By FactCheck.Org

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Have you seen a new doctor since enrolling in Medicare?

Have you seen a new doctor since enrolling in Medicare?

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Grassley, Wyden introduce bill to make Medicare data public

By Joe Eaton

$100 million for artificial legs and feet in question

By Alexandra Duszak

After banned from Medicare, podiatrist bills $1M for fake care, including double-amputee's feet

By Ben Wieder

For federal deficit reduction commission, Medicare changes may be easier said than done

By Gordon Witkin

Health industry gave millions to state officials involved in lawsuit

By Caitlin Ginley

The state officials who joined together to file a lawsuit challenging health care reform have collectively received at least $5 million in c

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In Congressional races, money talked all the way to the voting booth

By Kathryn Wallace and Marianne Holt

Michael Jackson's doctor, other convicted felons, still listed as Medicare providers

By Joe Eaton

ANALYSIS: The health care industry's stranglehold on Congress

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Are insurers influencing health reform's rules behind closed doors?

By Wendell Potter

Paul Ryan — Budget Committee

By Caitlin Ginley

Paul Ryan went to Congress at the age of 28, representing Wisconsin’s 1st congressional district, which includes farm communities as well as

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Jon Huntsman's $1 trillion mistake

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Gov't auditors doubt legality of Medicare bonuses

By The Associated Press

Is Michael Jackson's doctor disqualified from Medicare? Or are two senators mistaken?

By Joe Eaton

GAO: Almost a tenth of Medicare spending was improper

By Laurel Adams

Medicare: An entitlement out of control

By David Nather

If Congress had known in 1965 how expensive Medicare would become, it might not have approved the program in the first place. So Lyndon John

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GOP deficit-cutters eye health IT stimulus funds as Obama’s point man leaves

By Kimberly Leonard

FACT CHECK: Bachmann wrongly calls the health care law the largest entitlement program in history

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Analysis – Pay much attention to the insurers behind the curtain

By Wendell Potter

FACT CHECK: President Obama, Romney both distort the facts

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