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GOP issues fiscal cliff counteroffer

By Andrew Taylor

House Republicans put forth a $2.2 trillion "fiscal cliff" counteroffer to President Barack Obama on Monday, calling for raising the eligibility age for Medicare, lowering cost-of-living hikes for Social Security benefits and bringing in $800 billion in higher tax revenue but not raising rates for the wealthy. The White...

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Brinksmanship on Obama Medicaid expansion for poor

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November 30, 2012

New York governor acts to speed up Sandy claims

New York state has shredded some bureaucracy to speed the payment of insurance claims to 360,000 victims of Superstorm Sandy, while creating an online system to grade insurers whose state licenses are on the line as they respond to New Yorkers.

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November 29, 2012

Missouri medical groups push for Medicaid expansion

Missouri medical groups launched a campaign Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to thousands of working adults, citing a study estimating that the expansion largely funded by federal money could lead to 24,000 new jobs across the state.

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November 28, 2012

House GOP recommends new committee chairmen

Top House Republicans announced their recommendations Tuesday for the new Congress' committee chairmanships, an all-male list that includes returning Paul Ryan to the Budget panel and seven new faces to head other committees.

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November 27, 2012

Four convicted for $154 million insurance fraud

Orange County prosecutors say four people have been convicted of crimes relating to a $154 million medical fraud scheme in which hundreds of healthy patients underwent unnecessary surgeries to fraudulently bill insurance companies.

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November 27, 2012

No Christmas vacation

Now we have to sit around and fret overand hear aboutthe so-called fiscal cliff. When did the news go from reporting the simple facts of a story to a bunch of phony opinions about the story? Weve gone from reporting what happened to predicting what might. And usually getting it...

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November 27, 2012

GOP senator offers fiscal cliff solution

A freshman GOP senator is jumping into the debate on how to avoid a "fiscal cliff" of tax hikes and automatic spending cuts, advocating a mix of tax increases with curbs on Social Security and Medicare benefits.

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November 27, 2012

Obama to appeal to public on fiscal cliff

President Barack Obama plans to make a public case this week for his strategy for dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, traveling to the Philadelphia suburbs Friday as he pressures Republicans to allow tax increases on the wealthy while extending tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or less.

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GOP issues fiscal cliff counteroffer

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Pressuring GOP, Obama takes fiscal plan on the road

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New York governor acts to speed up Sandy claims

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House GOP recommends new committee chairmen

Four convicted for $154 million insurance fraud

No Christmas vacation

GOP senator offers fiscal cliff solution

Obama to appeal to public on fiscal cliff