Flushing House seminars focus on Medicare changes
Flushing House will hold three Elder Law Seminars for Spring 2011. The seminars focus on Medicare changes arising from the recently-passed Obama Care (it s actually called the Affordable Care Act [ACA]), with particular emphasis on changes that will occur in 2011. Participants will learn more about the ACA and the Medicare Part D prescription benefit, expansion of Medicare-covered services ...

McConnell: Medicare Overhaul Must Be Part of Debt Ceiling Deal
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) said he wont support a deal to raise the U.S. federal debt ceiling unless it restrains the growth of Medicare spending, but in an interview aired Sunday on NBC he left open what form that deal could take.

AARP W.Va. urges lawmakers to reject cuts to Medicare, Social Security
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- AARP West Virginia wants the states congressional delegation to reject any budget proposals that could cut Medicare and Social Security benefits, saying efforts to reign i...

Mitch McConnell: Medicare To Be Part Of Debt Ceiling Deal
WASHINGTON -- The Senate's top Republican said Friday that lawmakers should not fear voter backlash for trying to pluck savings from Medicare as part of a debt-reduction effort because it will take a bipartisan accord to tackle the popular program.