Rep. Ryan s proposed changes would be biggest yet for Medicare
When House Budget Chairman Paul Ryanannounced his plan to redefine Medicare, as part of a broader Republican budget proposal, he did not sketch in all the details. But the outlines make clear that his ideas would represent the biggest change to the federal health insurance program for the elderly since its creation nearly five decades ago.

Growth of Medicare spending could be limited by new proposal
One of the most despairing aspects of the last 10 years has been Republicans failure to get serious about Medicare spending. As I ve written many times, Medicare is the monster that will swallow us up if we don t do something about it. Yet Republicans have made matters worse over the years in a number of [...]