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First Edition: August 23, 2012

Today's headlines offer more coverage of how Medicare and abortion issues are emerging both in the presidential campaign and congressional races.

23 Aug 2012

Australian doctors in training spend significantly less time consulting with children

Australian doctors-in-training spend significantly less time consulting with pediatric patients than they do with adults, according to a new study published in the journal Australian Family Physician.

23 Aug 2012

Poll: Majority of voters say Medicare needs only minor changes or none at all

A new round of polls finds that although voters have a slightly favorable view of GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's pick for vice president, running mate Paul Ryan's Medicare plans are viewed with a greater degree of skepticism.

23 Aug 2012

Viewpoints: Medicare as a 401(K) plan; Health doublespeak

Older adults are understandably anxious about the political sniping over the future financing of Medicare. That is precisely the intention of the presidential campaigns. Yet the cross-fire over who will cut Medicare by how much sidesteps a critical issue about the future of our medical care: If we must ration our care to hold down costs in the future, how can we do it in a fair, efficient and transparent way?

23 Aug 2012

Romney vow to restore Medicare funding raises tough fiscal issues; GOP platform adds revamping of Medicare

In the short term, the Republican presidential candidate's promise to restore the Medicare cuts included in the health law would increase beneficiaries' costs. Meanwhile, the GOP draft platform embraces the Medicare changes advanced as part of Paul Ryan's House budget plan.

23 Aug 2012

Health Care REIT to acquire all outstanding common stock of Sunrise Senior Living

Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Health Care REIT, Inc. will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Sunrise for $14.50 per share in an all-cash transaction.

23 Aug 2012

Romney, Ryan blast Obama on Medicare, health law

But the Los Angeles Times checks some of their claims against President Barack Obama. In addition, Obama makes an apparance in the White House press room to answer questions and draw distinctions between himself and his GOP opponents.

22 Aug 2012

Views on Medicare: Ryan plan could hurt disabled Americans; Pitting the poor against seniors

Opinion writers continue to look at the debate about Medicare as it becomes a focal point of the presidential election.

22 Aug 2012

Poll finds Calif. voters strongly support federal health law; Montana lawmakers consider Medicaid expansion

States are confronting a bevy of issues in implementing the health care law including gauging public support for the law, fights over a contraception coverage mandate, expanding Medicaid and assessing the Medicare prescription drug "doughnut hole."

22 Aug 2012

First Edition: August 21, 2012

Today's headlines include reports from the campaign trail, where House candidates are turning up the Medicare debate; and from the health care marketkplace, where Aetna acquired Coventry Health, a Medicare and Medicaid insurer.

21 Aug 2012

Competing Medicare positions: The debate behind the campaign rhetoric

As the Romney and Obama campaigns continue to spar over Medicare politics, news outlets examine the questions in play.

21 Aug 2012

Study: Medicare 'donut hole' not linked to more heart attacks, related deaths

U.S. seniors forced to pay full price for their medications while in Medicare's so-called donut hole didn't suffer more heart attacks or deaths as a result, in a new study.

21 Aug 2012

Views on Medicare debate: Krugman skewers Ryan's budget plan; WSJ says Obama setting a double standard

On the spending side, Mr. Ryan proposes huge cuts in Medicaid, turning it over to the states while sharply reducing funding relative to projections under current policy. That saves around $800 billion. He proposes similar harsh cuts in food stamps, saving a further $130 billion or so, plus a grab-bag of other cuts, such as reduced aid to college students.

21 Aug 2012

Presidential campaign keeps focus on Medicare

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and his running-mate pick Paul Ryan are taking their Medicare message to New Hampshire today. Meanwhile, President Obama blasts the Republican ticket on its Medicare plan.

20 Aug 2012

First Edition: August 20, 2012

Today's headlines focus on how the Medicare story is continuing to unfold on the presidential campaign trail.

20 Aug 2012

Obama, Ryan make pitches for Medicare plans

After several days in which he mentioned only generalities on the campaign trail, Representative Paul D. Ryan sought on Saturday to play offense on Medicare, attacking in detail President Obama's health care plan, seizing an issue that has the potential to be one of Mr. Ryan's biggest liabilities in joining the Republican presidential ticket.

20 Aug 2012

Obama and Romney offer competing Medicare visions

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney broke out a whiteboard outside an air terminal to illustrate his key points. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama's campaign launched a new ad to argue his approach strengthens the program, citing plaudits from the seniors group AARP.

18 Aug 2012

Polls: Opposition to changing Medicare cuts across party lines

Two polls, one conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, and another conducted by KFF and the Washington Post, find that a majority of Republicans and Democrats oppose plans to cut Medicare benefits or transform the program into a "definied-contribution" model.

18 Aug 2012

Ryan pressed on $716 billion, 10-year Medicare cut

Romney criticizes those reductions in the future growth of Medicare, which were put in place by the 2010 health law. But his running mate, Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan, is put on the spot by reporters about why he included those same reductions in his budget proposals, which were passed twice by the House.

18 Aug 2012

Views on Medicare feud: Both sides working toward cuts; If vouchers aren't the answer, what is?

Americans who don't count themselves confused by the current debate over Medicare must be in the minority. Mitt Romney and Republican running mate Rep. Paul D. Ryan accused President Obama of hurting seniors by cutting $716 billion from the federal health program. The president retorts that the Republicans would "end Medicare as we know it." The truth is that both sides have plans that dramatically change the nearly half-century-old program.

18 Aug 2012

Seniors News and Research

First Edition: August 23, 2012

Australian doctors in training spend significantly less time consulting with children

Poll: Majority of voters say Medicare needs only minor changes or none at all

Viewpoints: Medicare as a 401(K) plan; Health doublespeak

Romney vow to restore Medicare funding raises tough fiscal issues; GOP platform adds revamping of Medicare

Health Care REIT to acquire all outstanding common stock of Sunrise Senior Living

Romney, Ryan blast Obama on Medicare, health law

Views on Medicare: Ryan plan could hurt disabled Americans; Pitting the poor against seniors

Poll finds Calif. voters strongly support federal health law; Montana lawmakers consider Medicaid expansion

First Edition: August 21, 2012

Competing Medicare positions: The debate behind the campaign rhetoric

Study: Medicare 'donut hole' not linked to more heart attacks, related deaths

Views on Medicare debate: Krugman skewers Ryan's budget plan; WSJ says Obama setting a double standard

Presidential campaign keeps focus on Medicare

First Edition: August 20, 2012

Obama, Ryan make pitches for Medicare plans

Obama and Romney offer competing Medicare visions

Polls: Opposition to changing Medicare cuts across party lines

Ryan pressed on $716 billion, 10-year Medicare cut

Views on Medicare feud: Both sides working toward cuts; If vouchers aren't the answer, what is?

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