Revamping Medicare: A Guide To The Proposals, Politics And Timeline
Competing ideas and election-year politics will thwart major legislation in 2012, but look for budgetary action at year's end.
Marilyn Werber Serafini
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House GOP Doctors Say Ryan Medicare Plan Doesn’t Reduce Costs Enough
The GOP Doctors Caucus is sending letters Friday soliciting ideas on how to "save" the seniors' program and build bipartisan support.
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New Ryan Budget Would Transform Medicare And Medicaid
KHN's Marilyn Werber Serafini details how the Wisconsin Republican's proposal places greater limits on federal spending for Medicare than last year's blueprint.
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AARP Arming For Medicare Battle
Against a backdrop of proposals to overhaul the popular social insurance program and a presidential campaign likely to address entitlement spending, the seniors group is mobilizing.
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Can GOP Deliver On Its Promise To Preserve Traditional Medicare?
Republicans say they can overhaul the entitlement program while still offering the current option. But it may not look the same as it does today.
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The Parent Trap: Adult Children Care For Elderly Parents
This story by Kaiser Health News' Marilyn Werber Serafini features members of the sandwich generation: raising children, dealing with elderly parents and the care they need - and sometimes feeling like they've bitten off more than they can chew.
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Poll: Most Americans Support Contraception Rule
Republicans may still take heat over Medicare proposals, survey also finds.
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Candidates Court Seniors On Medicare
The top contenders are casting themselves as protectors of the program, even as they embrace ways to cut spending growth that have proven radioactive in past elections.
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States Under Pressure As Health Law Deadlines Approach
Critics say Washington is moving too slowly on regulations and guidance.
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National Health Spending Grew Slowly In 2010
But officials say that for the first time in years premiums for people in private insurance plans rose faster than what was spent on their care, according to KHN's Marilyn Werber Serafini.
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A Health Insurance Plan President Gingrich Might Support
He's done with mandates, but Newt Gingrich likes John Goodman's idea for helping people who buy insurance and paying for care for those who don't.
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Analysis: Wyden-Ryan Plan Could Neutralize Medicare In 2012 Election
Supporting this new proposal may help congressional Republicans to distance themselves from an earlier, controversial plan.
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Health Programs Facing Cutbacks After Super Committee’s Failure
It's a mixed verdict, however. Medicaid will be spared, and the Medicare hit will be limited to providers. But other programs, from disease prevention to public health surveillance, face big automatic cuts in 2013.
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Health Leaders Prepare For Round Two Of Cuts
No matter what the super committee does, health groups expect another debate on spending after the election and they want to redirect the talks to costs' root causes.
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