Perry is very serious about controlling spending: “As president, Rick Perry would not uphold spending cuts required if the congressional supercommittee fails to meet next week’s deadline for a plan to reduce federal spending by $1.2 trillion, the Republican presidential candidate said Thursday.” [CBS News]
What Romney wanted health reform to look like: “Mitt Romney has spent a lot of time defending himself over the Massachusetts health care law. But there’s another way to judge his health care record: Look at what he wanted to do. And what he wanted to do was a bit different than what happened after he signed the law as governor.” [Kate Nocera]
Lawmakers warn super committee against cutting the safety net: “The issue is this country does, in fact, have a serious deficit problem, but the reality is the deficit was caused by two wars—unpaid for; it was caused by huge tax breaks for the wealthiest people in this country; it was caused by a recession that was the result of the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who was joined by fellow Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT). “And if those are the causes of the deficit and the national debt, I will be damned if we’re going to balance the budget on the backs of the elderly, the sick, the children and the poor.” [Modern Healthcare]
Medicaid heads want it to tackle duals: “State Medicaid directors and health insurers’ trade groups are urging the super committee to give states the option to mandate that most or all dual eligibles be enrolled in private plans that can closely manage their care.” [Kaiser Health News]
Health law is anti-farmer? “The healthcare reform law could threaten farmers’ insurance coverage, a group of Senate Democrats said. The law could undermine farmers’ cooperatives, which provide coverage for thousands of farmers and their families. That threat is an “unintended, and unwanted” side effect of the law’s tax credits, Democrats said.” [Sam Baker]
Consumer groups concerned about affordability: “President Obama’s healthcare law will leave millions of families without affordable coverage unless tax officials rewrite the rules on who gets subsidies, advocates warned Thursday.” [Julian Pecquet]
Economy as birth control: “The economy may well be the best form of birth control. U.S. births dropped for the third straight year — especially for young mothers — and experts think money worries are the reason.” [AP]
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