Readers Say GOP Responsible for Debt Ceiling Mess
Posted on 05. Aug, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
(MedPage Today) — More than half of the 3,013 respondents to this week’s MedPage Today poll said that Republicans should be blamed for the debt ceiling stalemate that came close to cutting off the nation’s credit, but runner-up honors went to “all of the above.”
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Readers Say GOP Responsible for Debt Ceiling Mess
Posted on 05. Aug, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
(MedPage Today) — More than half of the 3,013 respondents to this week’s MedPage Today poll said that Republicans should be blamed for the debt ceiling stalemate that came close to cutting off the nation’s credit, but runner-up honors went to “all of the above.”
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Republicans, Sebelius Spar Over Future of Medicare
Posted on 12. Jul, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told the House Budget Committee Tuesday that Congress can make the healthcare reform law’s controversial Medicare cost-cutting panel obsolete by passing laws that rein in spending themselves.
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House Panel Hears Opposing Views on Reform Law
Posted on 10. Feb, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — In a particularly contentious congressional hearing, House Republicans heard from the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) who said the new healthcare law will bring down the costs of healthcare, and another CMS employee who said it would do just the opposite.
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Washington Week: GOP Gets Started on Reform Repeal
Posted on 08. Jan, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The week began with the 112th Congress being sworn in and its new GOP members vowing to begin the process to repeal the Democrats’ healthcare reform law. By the end of the week, Republicans were one procedural step closer to that goal.
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Washington Watch: Healthcare Law to Get Early GOP Hit
Posted on 03. Jan, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — When the 112th Congress convenes on Wednesday, Republicans will immediately begin trying to enact a “clean repeal” of the healthcare reform law, with the hopes of eventually replacing it with smaller insurance reforms.
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2010 in Review: Reform, SGR, Diet Drugs, Stem Cells
Posted on 25. Dec, 2010 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — This year will be remembered as the one when President Obama succeeded in passing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), small parts of the law started to be implemented, and Republicans mounted a major offensive against the healthcare reform law.
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Washington Week: GOP in the House
Posted on 06. Nov, 2010 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The Republicans took over as the majority party in the House of Representatives this week, sending Washington into a post-election frenzy as politicians and health policy experts tried to figure out how the shift in power will affect healthcare reform.
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Republicans Win Big
Posted on 02. Nov, 2010 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Republicans have taken control of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) will take over as speaker of the House, according to projections by CNN, Fox News, and NBC.
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Republicans Look Likely to Win Control of House
Posted on 01. Nov, 2010 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Poll results released on the eve of Tuesday’s congressional election continue to suggest that the GOP will take a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives but fall just short in the Senate.
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