Kirk, Shimkus back 'smart cards' to combat Medicare waste, fraud
CARBONDALE - Illinois lawmakers Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Highland Park, and Rep. John Shimkus , R-Collinsville, are part of a bipartisan group in Washington, D.C. backing "smart card" technology to help combate Medicare waste, fraud and abuse.

AARP "Waffles" to Be "Included in Washington's Power Structure," Say Bob Weiner (Ex-House Aging Committee Chief) and ...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP's recent "waffling" about cuts to Social Security is putting seniors in Florida and the nation at risk, says Robert Weiner, former Chief of Staff for the House Aging Committee under Claude Pepper (D-FL), and John Horton, Senior Political Analyst at Robert Weiner Associates. ...