Medicare

• Parties Seek Fallback Plans to Avoid Fiscal Cliff

  By Heidi Przybyla, Bloomberg  |  October 16, 2012

  Legislators discuss package of $60 bln to $100 bln in deficit reductions to avert larger cuts and tax increases.

• Medicare Premiums Would Rise With Ryan Plan, Study Finds

  By Alex Wayne  |  October 15, 2012

  "Highly disparate effect" of premiums could affect cost to beneficiaries: study.

• Aetna’s Acquisition Boosts Leverage

  By Zeke Faux and Alex Nussbaum, Bloomberg  |  August 23, 2012

  Insurer’s $5.7 bln purchase of Coventry will push debt to 40% of capital.

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  Rogoff Sees World Wishing It’s America Year After S&P Downgrade

  By Rich Miller, Inyoung Hwang and Charles Mead  |  August 6, 2012

  U.S. debt appears to be the global safe haven, even after S&P downgrade.

• Court Ruling Affects Obama Legacy

  By Mike Dorning, Bloomberg  |  June 28, 2012

  Supreme Court to issue verdict today on U.S. healthcare overhaul.

• Ezrati’s Economic Outlook: The Fiscal Cliff

  By Milton Ezrati  |  June 20, 2012

  Congress isn't Thelma and Louise. Legislators are likely to take action to stop or postpone looming tax hikes and spending cuts after the election.

• Fiscal-Cliff Concerns Hurt Economy

  By Rich Miller, Bloomberg  |  June 19, 2012

  Companies hold back for fear of higher taxes, budget cuts in new year.

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  Workers Comp Worries

  By Susan Kelly  |  May 1, 2012

  A hands-on approach to workers compensation helps; so does lobbying state legislatures.

• Healthcare Case Evokes New Deal

  By Seth Stern, Bloomberg  |  March 23, 2012

  Review of reform take high court into territory not approached since days of FDR.

• Ezrati's Economic Outlook: The President's Budget

  By Milton Ezrati  |  February 21, 2012

  Plan is DOA, but what’s not in it is most revealing.