Wal-Mart, General Motors May Use Bush Plan to Cut Health Costs
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Texas Plywood &amp; Lumber Co., a seller of homebuilding products with 130 workers, has adopted a Bush administration plan to reduce health-care costs that Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Depending on whom you ask, the budget that President Bush proposed  last week will save or sink Medicare and Medicaid, two popular programs that, along with Social Security, threaten to swamp the federal budget as the baby-boom generation retires.
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If you want to understand why the Bush administration is pondering eliminating the tax deduction for employer-provided health insurance, consider this year&#39;s Economic Report of the President.
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General Motors Corp  in its contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers union has proposed one option that excludes establishing a union-run healthcare trust but calls for deeper cuts in several areas, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush, in his the final budget, will propose a $3 trillion plan that would freeze or cut Medicare and other domestic programs and will touch off election-year battles with Congress.
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General Motors Corp  and the United Auto Workers union could negotiate into next week after failing to produce a breakthrough on the thorny issue of health care costs, people briefed on the progress of the talks said on Thursday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Tuesday announced adjustments to its health care plan which it said will save 1.3 million full and part-time U.S. workers about $25 million on generic prescription drugs next year.
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Medicare cuts that are set to take effect in January will put much-used clinics at risk, oncologists say. WASHINGTON - Medicare payment cuts proposed by the Bush administration could reduce access to community
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Customers shop around when they buy an airline ticket or a new car, so why not when they need a hip replacement or treatment for a sore throat? An executive order being signed Tuesday by President Bush is designed to help people make more informed decisions about doctors and hospitals.
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Negotiations between General Motors Corp  and its major union ran through a fifth day of overtime on Wednesday with the automaker suggesting a trust fund that would take over nearly $5 billion in annual health care costs, according to a person familiar with the proposal.
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CHICAGO (CBS 2) Both President George Bush and Senator John Kerry have plans they say will reduce costs and provide health care to more people, but their strategies for accomplishing this are very different.
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Representatives of General Motors Corp  and the United Auto Workers union returned to the bargaining table on Saturday amid expectations the two sides were closing in on a deal that would slash health care costs for the top U.S. automaker.
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President Bush criticized Sen. John Kerry&#39;s 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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Wal-Mart is adding $4 generic drugs to its health insurance plans and offering lower premiums and deductibles, the third consecutive year of changes to the employee health benefits that unions have criticized.
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Both President George W. Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry say they have the ideal health plan to improve the quality of the American health care system and make it more affordable.
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In his new budget, President Bush will call for large cuts in the growth of Medicare and he will again seek major savings in Medicaid.
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President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry are offering distinct plans to help Americans cope with the rising costs of health care.