That is how much a new healthcare proposal would cost – one that would cover 97% of the country: The plan carries a 10-year price tag of slightly over $600 billion, and would lead toward an estimated 97 percent of all Americans having coverage, according to the Congressional Budget Office, Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and […]
That is the actual number of troops that could be sent to Iraq – not the 21,500 Bush said: President Bush and his new military chiefs have been saying for nearly a month that they would “surge” an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq, in a last, grand push to quell the violence in Baghdad and in […]
Apparently when Bush had the national debt limit raised to $9 trillion recently, that wasn’t enough: A $2.7 trillion budget plan pending before the House would raise the federal debt ceiling to nearly $10 trillion, less than two months after Congress last raised the federal government’s borrowing limit. The provision — buried on page 121 […]
With all the problems surrounding the Medicare Prescription Drug Program, you would think they would just leave well enough alone. Well that’s not the case and the newest round of legislation threatens health coverage to seniors and the poor: WASHINGTON, Jan. 29  Millions of low-income people would have to pay more for health care […]