Medicare

• Congress Extends Payroll Tax Cut

  By Steven Sloan, Richard Rubin and Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg  |  February 17, 2012

  GOP and Democrats unite to pass measure; cut extended through year-end.

• Congress Votes on Payroll Tax Cut

  By Richard Rubin and Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg  |  February 17, 2012

  Deal cuts emergency jobless benefits to 73 weeks, from 99.

• Congress Near Payroll Tax Deal

  By Kathleen Hunter and Richard Rubin, Bloomberg  |  February 15, 2012

  Agreement includes expanded jobless benefits, Medicare payments.

• Payroll Deadline Nears

  By Steven Sloan and James Rowley, Bloomberg  |  February 10, 2012

  Congressional Democrats offer to trim six weeks from jobless benefits.

• Costs May Shorten Payroll Tax Cut

  By Steven Sloan, Bloomberg  |  February 2, 2012

  Baucus says tax cut may be extended less than a full year.

• Boehner Sees Deal on Payroll Tax

  By Ian Katz and Gopal Ratnam, Bloomberg  |  January 30, 2012

  Congress likely to agree on extension of tax break 'fairly quickly,' House Speaker says.

• Payroll Tax-Cut Conferees Divided

  By Kathleen Hunter and Steven Sloan, Bloomberg  |  January 19, 2012

  No progress made on resolving dispute about financing the extended tax cut.

• Congress Revisits Debt Limit

  By Brian Faler, Bloomberg  |  January 17, 2012

  Legislators unlikely to make big decisions until after November election.

• Payroll Tax Deal Means 2012 Fight

  By Laura Litvan, Bloomberg  |  December 26, 2011

  Democrats want a longer-term deal to include higher taxes on wealthy.

• Paychecks Set to Shrink

  By Richard Rubin and Steven Sloan, Bloomberg  |  December 21, 2011

  Efforts to extend payroll-tax break hit an impasse.