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Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., a member of President Obama's 2010 debt commission led by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, believes lawmakers on the "super committee" should aim for a balanced approach that would include new tax revenue as well as budget cuts.
Significant cuts to Aiken, S.C.'s Council on Aging have diminished its ability to serve the needs of its senior population. Since 2008, the Meals on Wheels budget has been cut by 20 percent each year and the waiting list has doubled to nearly 650 people.
Aiken's Public Safety Department uses GPS bracelets and anklets from Project Lifesaver International, a nonprofit organization, to track dementia patients who wander.
Aiken, S.C.'s aging population also presents opportunities. To help older people pass their wisdom along to younger generations, Aiken has adopted the Foster Grandparents program, which pays seniors $2.65 an hour to read with children during the school year and chaperone summer recreation programs.
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says the "super committee" has a chance at tamping down the nation's debt and slowing Medicare spending growth because the American public understands the stakes - the American Dream.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks to former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist about the "super committee's" chance at tamping down the nation's debt. Frist says the panel has a chance to lower the debt and Medicare spending growth because the American public understands the stakes this time - the American Dream.
Michelle Andrews, KHN's "Insuring Your Health" columnist answers a question from an uninsured reader with a big health-care bill. She's looking for advice on future care.
In his remarks to the country about the S & P downgrade, President Barack Obama said the country needed tax reform and "modest adjustments to health care programs like Medicare."
Readers react to Jordan Rau's review of the upcoming Medicare push to make hospitals accountable for some of what happens to patients after discharge
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks about the lack of Medicare and Medicaid cuts in the initial round of cuts tied to the debt ceiling increase, and about what sort of cuts the programs could be open to later in the year.
The debt-ceiling agreement calls for a bipartisan "super committee." This is not the first effort to find a bipartisan agreement on reducing the federal deficit; here is a guide to the health-care recommendations from four groups.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about the lack of Medicare and Medicaid cuts in the initial round of cuts tied to the debt ceiling increase, and about what sort of cuts the programs could be open to later in the year.
KHN's "Insuring Your Health" columnist Michelle Andrews talks with Jackie Judd about convenient ways consumers are getting health care: House calls, workplace clinics and free-standing emergency rooms. And, most of the time, insurers will cover the visit.
Neither the Boehner nor the Reid plans include cuts to Medicare or Medicaid. KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about why that happened and what could bring these entitlements back into the deficit-reduction conversation.
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner on Monday night offered competing views on the state of debt talks and proposals. While neither touched heavily on overhauling entitlement spending, especially Medicare, the president mentioned it several times. Here are a pair of word clouds that show what each man said and how often.
NPR's Julie Rovner talks with Jackie Judd about the re-emergence of the "Gang of Six" senators in the debt-ceiling debate, what their plan means for the CLASS Act, and how missing details are likely to be filled in.
NPR's Julie Rovner talks with Jackie Judd about the re-emergence of the "Gang of Six" senators in the debt-ceiling debate, what their plan means for the CLASS Act, and how missing details are likely to be filled in.
Industry mergers, doctor-hospital cooperation, new payment models are among the changes identified by six health care experts.
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