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House Budget Committee Hearing Highlights
The Future of Medicare
July 12, 2011
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WASHINGTON – The House Budget Committee held a hearing today on Medicare’s Future: An Examination of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). In her testimony before the committee, the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sought to defend IPAB, the board of 15 u...
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Saving Medicare from Itself
June 27, 2011
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At the heart of America's fiscal crisis is the looming collapse of our entitlement system. And the primary cause of that looming collapse is the explosion of costs in Medicare, the federal program that provides health insurance to every American over 65. Without major reforms of the program, there i...
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The Facts on Saving Medicare
June 23, 2011
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The House-passed budget, The Path to Prosperity, saves and strengthens Medicare for current and future retirees. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), this plan would put the budget on a path to balance and actually pay off the debt over time – thus averting the debt-fueled economic c...
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CBO: President's ‘Framework’ Not A Serious Budget Plan
June 23, 2011
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A recap of the stunning abdication of leadership from the President and his party’s leaders (note: it’s been 785 days since Senate Democrats passed a budget): On February 15, the President submitted his Fiscal Year 2012 budget. The disappointing proposal was roundly rejected across the political sp...
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Paul Ryan: To Avoid a Greece-Like Debt Crisis, Washington Needs to Spend Less, Not Tax More
June 20, 2011
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WASHINGTON – House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan co-hosted CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning to discuss the urgent need to lift the crushing burden of debt and help spur economic growth and job creation. In the following video highlights, Chairman Ryan warns of the painful consequences of the sp...
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Paul Ryan Makes the Case to Save and Strengthen Medicare
June 14, 2011
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QUESTION FROM TOWN HALL ATTENDEE: I'm 48 years old. So, I'm in the age group that would be impacted to the changes to the Medicare program under the so-called Ryan Plan. I'm also the caretaker of an elderly parent, as is common in my age group. How can I be certain that Medicare will be affordable ...
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Paul Ryan: Washington's Misguided Policies Are Making Economy Worse
June 14, 2011
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WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Representative Paul Ryan participated in CBS News’ Town Hall with Republican Leaders. The town hall aired on the CBS’ Early Show this morning and can watched in its entirety here. In addition, Chairman Ryan’s op-ed published yesterday, Obama’s Economic Experiment Has Failed ...
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President Obama’s Economic Policies Have Made Matters Worse
June 12, 2011
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"President Obama inherited a difficult situation - no two ways about it – but what he’s done since then is to make matters worse, not better. The economic policies that the President has pushed through Congress into law have made this recovery harder to sustain itself – his policies are why we have...
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What Paul Ryan's Critics Don't Know About Health Economics
June 3, 2011
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It's clear that Medicare-spending growth must be curtailed and eventually limited to the growth rate of GDP—if not below. The big question now is how to do it. Unfortunately, the debate on Capitol Hill and in the media is too often fueled by partisan fear mongering instead of a thoughtful examinatio...
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Paul Ryan on Meet the Press: Leadership Needed to Save Medicare, Lift Debt Burden, Grow Economy
May 22, 2011
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Earlier this morning on NBC’s Meet the Press, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan called on policymakers to demonstrate honest leadership in addressing our nation’s greatest economic and fiscal challenges. Appearing on the program from his home state of Wisconsin, Ryan pushed back against thos...
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