SINCE THERE WON'T BE ANY MONEY LEFT TO PAY FOR IT, WHY QUIBBLE?

More wisdom from Dr. Phil: "When you have nothing to hide, you hide nothing." Is it any wonder the Boy King and his minions make us so uneasy?

An earlier analysis suggested that a Republican plan to inject market forces into Medicare could increase premiums for those who stay in traditional programs by as much as 25 percent. If that's still the case, it could help Democrats who argue that the GOP plan is risky for those who want to stay in traditional Medicare, where they can pick any doctor, rather than move to a managed care plan.


The administration's Medicare chief threatened to fire his top actuary, Rick Foster, if Foster released his calculations to Capitol Hill Democrats who requested the analysis, officials said.

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