| Above the Fold |
May 31, 2011 |
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| Today's News |
| Pawlenty touts Medicare proposal during Iowa trip |
| By AP |
| Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty told people during a Monday stop in Iowa that the key difference between his Medicare proposal and the proposal introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wiscosnin, is that his plan will change the way providers are paid. Read more |
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| McConnell: Ryan Medicare plan 'on the table' |
| By Andrew Taylor, AP |
| The top Republican in the Senate said Sunday that a controversial House Medicare plan is "on the table" as President Barack Obama and his GOP rivals wrestle over budget cuts to enact this summer. Read more |
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| VA assets post highest level ever |
| By Jenny Ivy, BenefitsPro |
| The Insured Retirement Institute announced first-quarter variable annuity assets reached $1.6 trillion, the highest level ever recorded by Morningstar. Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| A second chance to improve HSAs, FSAs |
| By Eric Johnson |
| Senator Hatch actually introduced similar legislation three years ago, but the 2008 bill never made it to the floor for a vote. Hopefully Hatch and other supporters will have better luck this time around. Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
 Thank god you can't raid your social security dollars otherwise that would have also suffered the same fate.
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