News
NationalJournal | Reducing Prescription Drug Abuse Starts With Education, Feds Say
Federal officials announced a plan to reduce prescription drug abuse on Tuesday, pegging their solution to better educating the doctors prescribing pain medication and the patients getting the powerful drugs.
Politico | Poll: Taxing the rich favored over Medicare cuts
Most Americans oppose the big spending cuts that many in Washington see as necessary to bring down the budget deficit, a new poll suggests, but they do support one idea for deficit reduction that President Obama has pushed for years, raising taxes on the rich.
Econ Comments
WSJ | The Other Medicare Cutters
Obama's plan relies on a politically insulated board of experts.
Blogs
Politico | Rep. Mike Rogers's bill undermines health reform
It should surprise no one that even as Congress bravely talks deficit reduction, members push for special interest legislation likely to drive the deficit higher.
