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Taxpayers may soon foot bill for sex change surgeries

| Vince Coglianese
Obamacare Signing

‘These reconstructive procedures are not optional’

The Ryan budget: A start, but not an end

| Michael Strain & Alan Viard

Paul Ryan’s latest plan is far from perfect.

What to cut next

| Chris Edwards

There are dozens of large programs and agencies that should be scaled back or eliminated.

GAO: Medicare remains ‘high-risk’ for over $44 billion in ‘improper payments’

| Nicholas Ballasy
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‘Medicare spending must be held much more firmly in check’

Eye surgeon linked with Sen. Bob Menendez frequently prescribed expensive drug, billed Medicare - The Miami Herald

| The Miami Herald
FBI Raids West Palm Doctor's Office With Possible Corruption Ties To NJ Senator Bob Menendez

Menendez advocated on Dr. Salomon Melgen’s behalf with government agencies, directly benefiting Melgen

Illegal aliens got over $91 million in Medicare payments in recent years

| Caroline May
Illegal Immigrants Health Care

Inspector general report finds federal government often had inadequate information about illegals’ status

Why 'entitlement' programs aren't really entitlements

| Jim Huffman
Social Security

They’re benefit programs, and should be described as such.

Fmr. WH adviser: Psychiatrists would say Obama has mastered art of 'projection' - TheDC

| Neil Munro
President Barack Obama making a point. Photo: AP.

Washington Post, New York Times, Politico glaze over attacks, contradictions

Raiding Medicare: How seniors will pay for Obamacare

| Dr. Betsy McCaughey

Data from the Obama administration’s own actuaries indicate that Medicare will spend $1,431 less per senior in 2019 than if the law hadn’t passed.

Report: Medicare overspent millions on back braces - TheDC

| Caroline May
Woman experiencing back pain. Getty Images.

Co-pays alone could have covered suppliers’ costs

Nevada governor first Republican to support Medicaid expansion under Obamacare - AP

| Associated Press
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Gov. Brian Sandoval: ‘It would cost the state $16 million more not to opt in’

It's time to unplug Medicare's third rail

| Rituparna Basu

America needs to have a real debate about the future of Medicare.

Candidates have starkly different visions for Medicare

| Grover Norquist

Obama would cut benefits; Romney would preserve benefits by injecting choice and competition into Medicare system.

Why no outrage over Obama forcing Medicare beneficiaries to forgo care or pay thousands?

| David Gibberman

The issue should be an eye-opener for supporters of government-run healthcare.

AARP bashes Obama for debate name-drop - TheDC

| Matthew Boyle
Presidential Debate

The president had mentioned AARP during his attack on Romney’s Medicare plan

White House details substantial 'sequester' cuts for defense, Medicare - TheDC

| Melissa Quinn
Defense Budget

Cuts ‘never meant to be implemented’ threaten Army operations, payments to Medicare providers

Pelosi: By picking Ryan, Romney 'embraced the repeal of Medicare' - TheDC

| Sean Rainey

‘That was a sad day for our country’

More than 1600 pages of regulations added to Federal Register last week, cost now $1.8 trillion per year - TheDCNF

| Michael Bastasch
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More than 3,800 final rules could be published this year if the government keeps up the pace

Quick and easy rebuttals to Obama's false narratives

| David Cohen

Refuting the story of what “got us in this mess in the first place” — and other nonsense.

Republican challenger Collins flips Medicare attack on Rep. Hochul - TheDC

| Alexis Levinson
Kathy Hochul

In 2011, Hochul won in GOP-leaning district campaigning against Paul Ryan’s budget proposal