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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
NY Times | Sharp Cuts in Dental Coverage for Adults on Medicaid
Banned from tightening Medicaid eligibility in recent years, many states have instead slashed optional benefits for millions of poor adults in the program. Teeth have suffered disproportionately.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Washington Times | FOSTER: No ducking Medicare anymore
Medicare added about $223 billion to budget deficits in 2011. How? Medicare’s health insurance comes with an average annual subsidy of just more than $5,000 per senior. Sweet deal, but this subsidy is the source of the Medicare’s financing problem.