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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
National Journal | Mixed Message From Obama Advisers on Medicare
President Obama has seized on Republican proposals to overhaul Medicare as a top campaign issue, saying that the GOP plan to add a private insurance option would end seniors’ guarantee of government health care. But behind the election-season politics, influential experts who have advised Obama on health care are open to a future for Medicare that includes competition among private insurance plans.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
National Journal | Medicare Views Raise Warning Signs for Both Parties
With less than two months to go before Election Day, Americans are expressing concern about the viability of the Medicare system, a leading Republican plan to reform it, and whether President Obama’s health care plan will help them. This dour tableau affecting both parties is laid out in the latest edition of the United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll.