Bush&#39;s Medicare reform
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J ohn Kerry&#39;s relentless attacks against the president&#39;s Medicare reform and prescription drug bill are rather brazen for a 19-year senator who didn&#39;t even care enough to show up for 36 out of 38 votes on the historic bill, including final passage.
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President Bush, faced with complaints from Republicans as well as Democrats about higher cost estimates for a new Medicare drug benefit, said Friday he would veto any attempt to change the law.
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Changes to Medicare have many seniors in a tailspin. Prescription drug cards, managed care, Medigap, Part B -- they can&#39;t sort it out on their own, and the constant barrage of targeted advertisements and slick-sounding come-ons don&#39;t help.
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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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MONDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- President Bush's new budget proposal would cut $196 billion over five years from both Medicare and Medicaid -- programs that provide health care to millions of poor and elderly, federal officials announced Monday.
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If the Republican-controlled Congress enacted President Bush&#39;s entire health care agenda, as many as 10 million people who lack health insurance would be covered at a cost of $102 billion
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Older Americans are confused and unhappy about upcoming changes in the federal Medicare health program, according to a nonpartisan survey released on Tuesday that indicates the issue could help Democrats win the November vote.
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While he didn&#39;t say &quot;read my lips,&quot; President Bush&#39;s statements on Thursday about the chances of increasing payroll taxes to pay for planned reforms in the Social Security system could hardly have been clearer.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are promoting very different plans for improving the nation&#39;s troubled health care system, either of which could dramatically change how millions
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Sen. John Kerry blamed the just-announced increase in Medicare premiums on a &quot;failed policy&quot; by President Bush yesterday while campaigning in this crucial state.
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President Bush sent legislation to Congress yesterday to revamp the health-care and disability system for U.S troops wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan by eliminating duplicative bureaucracy and providing more assistance to families dealing with the long-term effects of their injuries.
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If Congress enacted President Bush&#39;s entire health care agenda, campaign aides have asserted, as many as 10 million people who lack health
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A day after President Bush touted his efforts to help the elderly cope with increased medical expenses, federal officials announced the largest premium increase in the Medicare program&#39;s
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GOT HEALTH CARE? Making health care more accessible and affordable was a centerpiece of President Bush's campaign.
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In December 2003, Bush signed the new Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act into law. Many seniors expected it to provide much needed relief from escalating health care costs.
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In just over a year, the 1.5 million US citizens who live in nursing homes will become eligible for the new prescription-drug benefit that is a part of the newly revamped Medicare law.
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President Bush plans to make the case for reforming Social Security at the economic summit he will open Wednesday. He couldn&#39;t pick a more ambitious, or more devilish, domestic project.