Bush Administration Opposes Move to Delay Medicare Premium Increase
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The Bush administration said that Democratic proposals to hold down the scheduled 17 percent increase in Medicare premiums next year would lead to much higher premiums in 2006.
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WASHINGTON &#151; The Bush administration said Saturday that senior advisers would recommend the president veto Senate legislation that would substantially increase funds for children's health insurance.
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President Bush proposed legislation to increase drug premiums for higher-income Medicare beneficiaries, which he said would generate $3.2 billion over five years.
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President Bush on Thursday ruled out raising taxes to finance the centerpiece of his second-term domestic agenda: a Social Security overhaul to help the system survive an impending wave of retiring baby boomers.
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President Bush again called Democrats "irresponsible" yesterday for pushing an expansion he opposes to a children's health insurance program.
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President Bush criticized Sen. John Kerryâs plans for health care and medical liability reform on Thursday, saying the result would be even higher costs and more federal involvement.
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NO HIKE: President Bush ruled out raising taxes to finance an overhaul of Social Security to help the system survive an impending wave of retiring baby boomers.
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As a Senate committee prepares to approve an additional $35 billion for children's health insurance, the Bush administration spelled out its objections to how the increase would be paid for &#151; a 61-cent increase on the excise tax for a pack of cigarettes.
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The nation&#39;s governors on Wednesday urged President Bush not to shift additional Medicaid costs to the states in his effort to reduce the federal deficit.
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Social Security taxes will have to rise by half if lawmakers don't revamp the giant program, President Bush's budget chief said Friday as the administration sought support for its overhaul plans.
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The nation&#39;s governors urged President Bush yesterday not to shift Medicaid costs to the states to reduce the federal deficit.
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President George W. Bush plans to slow the growth in US health-care spending, which reached $1.7 trillion last year, by making workers more responsible for their medical costs.
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A major obstacle to the success of the new Medicare law has emerged in recent weeks: Private insurers have told the Bush administration they will not expand their Medicare role
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A Republican congressional proponent of Social Security reform warned President Bush on Sunday not to rely on a sharp increase in government borrowing to overhaul the federal retirement program.
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Democrat John Kerry said Saturday that a record increase in Medicare premiums for doctor visits was another failed promise from President Bush.
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WASHINGTON - Medicare premiums for doctor visits will rise 17 percent next year, the Bush administration said Friday. The $11.60-a-month increase is the largest in the program's 40-year-history...
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We shouldn&#39;t have been so shocked when the Bush administration sneaked out the news under cover of the Labor Day weekend that the Medicare Part B monthly premium is rising next year by 17.