hinkprogress.org ECONOMY Rethinking Financial Regulation Today, the Obama administration is rolling out its plan for reforming the financial regulation system. In an effort “likely to result in the most sweeping overhaul since the 1930s,” the administration intends to address some of the regulatory gaps and oversights that contributed to the current economic crisis. “The goal [...]
Archive for June 17th, 2009
17 Jun
HOW YOU CAN TRIM MEDICARE PART B PREMIUMS
If family income has been reduced by recession, you may be overpaying for Medicare Part B. By Susan B. Garland Kiplinger.com June 17, 2009 For the third year in a row, higher-income Medicare beneficiaries received notice that they’ll pay more in Part B premiums than other seniors. But this year, there’s a catch: The size of [...]
17 Jun
Obama’s Health Plan Needs Spending Controls, CBO Says
Health-Care Reform 2009 CBO chief Douglas Elmendorf’s statement is likely to complicate the task of enacting broad changes. (Jahi Chikwendiu – The Washington Post) By Lori Montgomery, Shailagh Murray and Ceci Connolly Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, June 17, 2009 President Obama’s plan to expand health coverage to the uninsured is likely to dig the [...]
17 Jun
The hurdles to expanded healthcare
SCOT LEHIGH By Scot Lehigh Globe Columnist / June 17, 2009 THE GREAT healthcare debate is now officially on, and though the goal of dramatically expanded coverage is in distant view, perils and pitfalls abound along the path forward. One came Monday in the form of a Congressional Budget Office analysis saying Senator Kennedy’s legislation [...]
17 Jun
~Limbaugh Nailed This One~
Nothing Democrat or Republican about it, nothing conservative or liberal, nothing religious so I don’t think it will offend anyone, unless you happen to be a member of congress. Their approval rating is in the low 20′s so I think I am fairly safe. Even from the mouths of abrasive talk show hosts, oft-times, come [...]
