Paul Ryan

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  Social Security, Medicare still face big challenge

  By Tom Raum  |  May 31, 2013

  Some answers should come today when trustees overseeing the two popular programs issue their annual report.

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  CBO: We still think PPACA repeal would cost plenty

  By Allison Bell  |  May 15, 2013

  The last repeal budget impact estimate was $109 billion, officials say.

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  Promises, promises: Social Security pledge at risk

  By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER  |  April 30, 2013

  President Obama and Congress are still looking for ways to control the spiraling cost of Social Security and Medicare.

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  LTCI Watch: Float

  By Allison Bell  |  March 14, 2013

  Maybe we should think less about money and more about pie.

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  GOP budget targets PPACA, Medicaid

  By Andrew Taylor  |  March 12, 2013

  At issue is the arcane and partisan congressional budget process, one that is unlikely to illustrate a path forward.

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  House passes fiscal cliff deal

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  January 1, 2013

  In a late vote, the House overwhelmingly approved compromise legislation that, amongst other provisions, makes the current estate tax policy permanent, with one minor change.

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  AEI: Replace group health tax deduction

  By Allison Bell  |  December 10, 2012

  A think tank fellow says a refundable, universal, need-adjusted tax credit would be better than what we have now.

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  Trade-offs in raising Medicare eligibility age

  By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press  |  December 7, 2012

  It could help reduce the deficit, but may have some surprising consequences, including higher premiums for people on Medicare.

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  Capitalism, socialism wed as words of the year

  By Leanne Italie  |  December 5, 2012

  Thanks to the election, socialism and capitalism are forever wed as Merriam-Webster's most looked-up words of 2012.

• On the Third Hand: LTCI Watch: Medicare, Part L

  By Allison Bell  |  December 3, 2012

  Here’s a modest proposal: Let’s test the idea of combining Medicare vouchers with a kind of Medicare coverage exchange program by setting up a “Ryan plan” program for long-term care (LTC) services.