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Friday, September 23, 2011

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
National Journal | Long-Term Insurance Program Gets No Money, Loses Staff
Republicans on Capitol Hill gleefully circulated a note on Thursday from a staffer at a controversial long-term disability program called CLASS saying the Health and Human Services Department will close the program.
National Journal | Geithner: Higher Retirement Age Must Be Accompanied by Health Reform
The Obama administration isn’t going to push for raising the Medicare eligibility age to reduce the nation’s deficit until its 2010 overhaul of the country's health insurance system is more firmly in place, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Heritage Foundation | The Latest Obamacare Implosion
Inefficient programs that don’t solve problems and are passed against the will of the American people seem to be the Obama Administration’s forte. Now their high-minded aspirations of a health care revolution are quickly unraveling as fatal glitches in Obamacare become apparent.
Heritage Foundation | If You Like Your Health Care Plan, Can You Keep It?
Since Obamacare will require employers to spend more money on health care plans for their employees, it’s expected to hinder job creation. To avoid this, a discussion draft under review would prevent the regulations and requirements in the new law from affecting grandfathered health plans.