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Friday, April 22, 2011

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
Market Watch | Small-business medical-cost tax deductions
Before you complain to your tax pro about failing to deduct your business’s medical expenses, do your homework. Deducting these expenses is complex.

Econ Comments                                                                                                            
Washington Times | WHITE: Don’t let feds stifle next medical revolution
Bureaucrats aiming to save money could stop ‘personalized medicine’.

Blogs                                                                                                                          
Cato@Liberty |How Russia Makes Universal Coverage Work
Free health protection for everyone is an impressive feat, considering Russia spends less than 4 percent of its meager GDP on health care.  The Washington Post reveals how Russia makes it work:
Heritage Foundation | Seniors and Taxpayers Can Gain from Medicare Reforms
The big three entitlement programs—Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security—promise to increase federal spending to unprecedented and unaffordable levels in coming years.
Heritage Foundation | The False Choice Between Existing Medicare and Ryan’s Proposal
Yesterday, Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein used a recent poll to argue that Americans oppose House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R–WI) proposal to transform Medicare into a defined-contribution system, where seniors choose the health plan that best suits their needs. But, as always, the devil is in the details.