Blue Dogs tout promise of budget discipline (WBIR-TV Knoxville)
Conservative House Democrats who are part of the Blue Dog Coalition - including all four middle Tennessee Democrats - on Wednesday touted a promise by congressional leaders and President Barack Obama to require the federal government to pay for new spending instead of adding to the debt.

Two senators offer bipartisan healthcare proposal (Los Angeles Times)
Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) want to pay more to hospitals and doctors meeting quality standards -- and penalize those who don't. Pushing to change how medicine is paid for as part of a sweeping overhaul of the nation's healthcare system, two leading senators offered a plan Tuesday to pay more to hospitals and doctors who meet federal quality standards and penalize those ...

Medicare Rights Center Gets Cover For NY Woman's Cancer Treatment - Victory Marks Implementation Of Evidence-Based ... (Medical News Today)
More than two years after it first filed an appeal, the Medicare Rights Center has secured coverage under the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit for a New York woman's ovarian cancer treatment. As a result, Judith M.