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Medical device industry lobbies IRS, Congress to dodge health law tax

By Joe Eaton

Device makers lobbying to get out from under tax imposed by health care reform law

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FACT CHECK: Ad on billionaire's statement misses the facts

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GAO says at least 3,700 stimulus recipients are delinquent on taxes

By Laurel Adams

FACT CHECK: Rick Perry’s dubious tax promise

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FACT CHECK: GPS's bogus tax attack against Obama

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Senators Grassley, Wyden push to make Medicare billing data public

By Joe Eaton and David Donald

Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa introduced a bill today that would make available to the public data on Medicare billing by doctors

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IMPACT: Bills to open Medicare data pick up another supporter in Senate

By Joe Eaton

Medicare fraud included phantom services, equipment

By Laurel Adams

Senators want more aggressive action to curb rampant Medicare fraud

By Joe Eaton

ANALYSIS: Awards for health care reform wimpery and obfuscation

By Wendell Potter

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

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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

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

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

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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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Analysis — Lone star state ‘reform’ a Texas-sized distortion

By Wendell Potter

A closer look at Texas malpractice reform raises doubt about its benefits

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FACT CHECK: Will health care law raise insurance premiums?

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ANALYSIS: It's time to get outraged

By Wendell Potter

OPINION: Could nonprofit health insurance plans be the real reformers?

By Wendell Potter

Analysis – One year later, health reform a law worth keeping

By Wendell Potter

IMPACT: Bipartisan bill targets Medicare scammers

By Joe Eaton

IMPACT: Bipartisan bill targets Medicare scammers

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Analysis – Pay much attention to the insurers behind the curtain

By Wendell Potter

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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IMPACT: Bills to open Medicare data pick up another supporter in Senate

By Joe Eaton

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