| Above the Fold |
September 19, 2011 |
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| Obama announces debt plan built on taxes on rich |
| By Jim Kuhnhenn |
| In a blunt rejoinder to congressional Republicans, President Obama called for $1.5 trillion in new taxes Monday. The president's proposal aims to reduce spending in mandatory benefit programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, by $580 billion...Read more |
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| Today's News |
| GOP candidates revive private Social Security idea
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| By Stephen Ohlemacher |
| Most of the top Republicans running for president are embracing plans to partially privatize Social Security, reviving a contentious issue that fizzled under President George W. Bush after Democrats relentlessly attacked it...Read more |
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| GOP won't touch Medicare drug plan |
| By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
| Republicans want to pull the plug on the health care overhaul they call "Obamacare," blaming it in part for the United States' ballooning budget deficit. But they're quiet when it comes to the Medicare drug benefit — another massive health care entitlement, with unfunded future costs over $7 trillion...Read more |
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| Experts talk tax reform and retirement |
| By Amanda McGrory |
| The Senate Finance Committee is proposing ways the tax system could be reformed to promote increased retirement savings and recently considered testimonies from multiple employee benefits and retirement experts...Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
 We are seeing MAPD premiums remain realatively the same in SC but maximum out-of-pockets are in general increasing. Seniors age 70+ with attained age Medicare Supplement policies are having to seriously consider MA due to premium savings.
-- Jlipscomb, Medicare announcement could hook older voters |
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