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New York Has Clarity on the Ryan Budget
By Joel Meares Apr 7, 2011 at 10:27 AM
A quick thank you to Dan Amira of New York magazine’s Daily Intel blog, who has published just the... More
Ask Obama This: Will we have to be older to get Medicare?
We know about Romney’s vouchers, but the president is quiet on the subject of raising eligibility
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 26, 2012 at 06:51 AM
Over the final days of the campaign, CJR is running a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama This”... More
Candidate Pawlenty and Social Security
What’s he really talking about?
By Trudy Lieberman May 17, 2011 at 01:41 PM
Not long ago, presidential aspirant Tim Pawlenty sat down with reporters from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for a heart-to-heart about his... More
Climbing the Medicaid mountain
The press is starting to master the policy angles. Now for the people
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 3, 2012 at 03:03 PM
The Affordable Care Act envisions a major expansion of health insurance in America, with some 30 million Americans gaining coverage.... More
Conflating Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid
By Ryan Chittum Mar 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Meanwhile, while we're pointing out games journalists play and the question of whether Social Security is welfare, WaPo's Robert J.... More
Don Berwick, Press Critic
Observations from Medicare’s former top guy
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 14, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Don Berwick, something of a folk hero to journos covering health care, had a heart-to-heart with the Association of Health... More
Eureka! The media discovers Medicaid
And why that matters to the middle class
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 24, 2012 at 06:51 AM
Ah Medicaid! What can we say about it? Until the last couple of weeks, the press has said almost nothing.... More
Golden Teeth
Dallas’s WFAA shows crooked Medicaid spending on orthodontia
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 1, 2011 at 01:17 PM
These days it’s rare for local TV stations to produce anything resembling an expose. With their steady diet of crime,... More
Medicare, Paul Ryan, and beyond: a primer
Here’s context to clarify the big entitlements debates
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 15, 2012 at 03:25 PM
Mitt Romney’s choice of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential nominee elevates Medicare and Medicaid (along with Social... More
Ryan’s Whopper $4 Trillion
Where it will come from and what it might mean
By Joel Meares Apr 4, 2011 at 01:29 PM
House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) visited Fox News Sunday this weekend and confirmed last week’s reporting suggesting a... More
The Budget Narrative
The press goes astray on Social Security
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 18, 2011 at 11:15 AM
For most of last year and so far into this one, the media has passed along the narrative that Social... More
The Deficit Deal Defined
Is Medicare really safe?
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 2, 2011 at 01:34 PM
Presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett chatted with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC yesterday as part of a sales job for the deficit... More
The realities of long-term care in America
A Laurel to PBS’s Need To Know
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 10, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Last week’s fiscal cliff deal hammered the last nail in the coffin of the CLASS Act, a part of... More
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