"… ring tax breaks for oil companies and private jet owners at the expense of Medicare beneficiaries. But those populist tax hikes would not reduce the deficit b …"

"… t, the president has proposed $650 billion in cuts to the future growth of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.Similarly, Boehner said Obama "wants a blank …"

"… ks for oil companies and owners of private jets at the expense of cuts for Medicare recipients:Obama: Most Americans, regardless of political party, don’t u …"

"… ty, don’t understand how we can ask a senior citizen to pay more for her Medicare before we ask a corporate jet owner or the oil companies to give up tax br …"

"… tions and policy at the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.The  debate over whether or not to increase the debt limit  has …"

"… 6 billion in Medicaid benefits, and 46.5 million receive $502.3 billion in Medicare.The elderly, disabled and low-income people who participate in these progr …"

"… scal year to make ends meet. And if some programs (like Social Security or Medicare) were cut less, others would have to be cut even more deeply.Read on to th …"

"… f interest payments are exempted from those cuts. If popular programs like Medicare and Social Security were also exempted, everything else the government spe …"

"… eading to a cash deficit of $49 billion. For 2011, the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees project a $46 billion deficit. And those figures don't …"

"… tlement programs." But Obama has supported raising the eligibility age for Medicare, means-testing benefits and decreasing future Social Security payments, an …"

"… ehalf of dead patients, according to 2010 data, the inspector general said. …"

"… ry or did not have the required documentation, he said.  As a result, Medicare paid $95 million over a six-month period for wheelchairs that the governme …"

"… plan should not have paid.Additionally, 60 percent of claims submitted to Medicare for power wheelchairs were not documented properly, resulting in $112 mill …"

"… ious problem that demands an aggressive response.”FAST FACT:   Medicare paid $3.6 million for prescription drugs on behalf of dead patients, accor …"

"… r of full implementation. But that's far less than what Social Security or Medicare or Medicaid each will cost that same year.The Minnesota Republican an …"

"… bout that. The fact is, however, that the actual costs of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are each far higher than the projected costs of the new healt …"

"… ss costs is high, but it pales in comparison to the spending forecasts for Medicare, Social Security or Medicaid in that same year.CBO projects that Social Se …"

"… ame year.CBO projects that Social Security will cost $938 billion in 2016. Medicare will cost roughly $725 billion in total outlays (and $619 billion in net o …"

"… ug-makers. Almost all of those same legislators voted in favor of the 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug Act, which led to a windfall of profits for the industry …"

"… hRMA-sponsored trips were taken in 2003, prior to the November vote on the Medicare prescription drug bill. The legislation created a taxpayer-funded prescrip …"

"… bout."The debate over possible conflicts of interest is highlighted by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003.Relman, a for …"

"… rmaceutical companies stood to benefit financially from the passage of the Medicare bill.Still, many members sponsoring bills have elected to maintain their p …"

"… fort to get people well.Much of that savings, he says, would accrue to the Medicare program, making it unnecessary for Congress to even consider eliminating b …"

"… for a new demonstration project that will target the high risk, high cost Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions. This Independence at Home …"

"… ation program, scheduled to begin January 1, 2012, will serve up to 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries. The idea to include the demonstration project in the r …"

"… its way through Congress.Markey and Wyden sent a letter to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in late June to ask that the demonstration project b …"

"… ysicians have filed a lawsuit seeking to end the cozy relationship between Medicare administrators and a committee of doctors that influences the fees physici …"

"… the suit, which was obtained by iWatch News, alleges that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its parent agency, the Department of Hea …"

"… ve Value Update Committee, or RUC, to value physician services paid for by Medicare.The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland, near CMS headqua …"

"… an 94 percent, according to AMA statistics — leading to accusations that Medicare is letting payment rates be determined in part by the very people who will …"

"… it called for higher taxes without guaranteed cuts in spending, especially Medicare spending.The Simpson-Bowles compromise “calls for a massive tax increase …"

"… ed health care law virtually untouched and leave out fundamental reform of Medicare,” Hensarling said. “It is neither desirable nor necessary to increase …"

"… y expensive Bush administration bill to add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare.“Job creation and growth depends squarely on our confidence in the econo …"

"… ill, he announced, “We owe it to those who built this country to protect Medicare and Social Security from being blindsided by future indiscriminate cuts.� …"