Date	Article Name	Location	About
06/13/13	26 Lawmakers Live Off Food Stamps To Protest Republican Cuts	thinkprogress.org	Food Stamp Program & 113th House Democrats
Twenty-six members of Congress will live off of a food stamp budget this week to draw attention to House Republicans cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The program’s eligibility requirements already leave out 50 million food insecure households, but another 2 million Americans would lose access to food stamps in the proposed changes for the Farm Bill.
06/03/13	Medicaid Expansion Denial Will Cost States Billions: Report	huffingtonpost.com	Medicaid & Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
States that refuse to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care reform law not only will deny health coverage to poor residents and lose access to a huge influx of federal dollars, they also will see increased spending on uninsured people's unpaid medical bills, according to a new report by the Rand Corp., a consulting firm.
05/24/13	World Health Organization says it will investigate patent on deadly Saudi Arabian virus	theverge.com	Health & Welfare & WHO
Dutch scientists are facing criticism from international health officials for filing a patent on one strain of a deadly Middle Eastern virus, and now the World Health Organization has said it will investigate.
05/14/13	My Medical Choice	nytimes.com	Health & Welfare, Angelina Jolie & Women
MY MOTHER fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was.
04/10/13	Greg Walden Chained CPI Remarks Break From GOP Leaders (VIDEO)	huffingtonpost.com	Social Security, Greg Walden & Republican Pa...
Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) broke from Republican leaders' rhetoric on Wednesday, criticizing President Barack Obama's decision to include entitlement cuts in his 2013 budget proposal. In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) chairman classified Obama's decision to include chained CPI as a move that comes "on the backs of seniors."
02/11/13	The Man Who Killed Osama Bin Laden...Is Screwed	esquire.com	Health & Welfare, Osama bin Laden & Navy Sea...
For the first time, the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden tells his story; speaking not just about the raid and the three shots that changed history, but about the personal aftermath for himself and his family.
01/01/13	John McCain: GOP Will Destroy America’s Solvency Unless Entitlements Are Cut Drastically	thinkprogress.org	Medicare & Medicaid, Social Security & John ...
In an interview Monday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) confirmed that Congressional Republicans plan again to use the upcoming debt limit to hold the nation hostage to their demands for massive cuts to Medicare and Social Security. His comments echoed earlier remarks by Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and anti-government activist Grover Norquist.
11/20/12	HIV Testing Will Now Be Covered Under Obamacare	thinkprogress.org	Health & Welfare & Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
The experts on the U.S. Preventative Task Force, a government-backed panel of scientists and medical professionals, are now recommending that every American between the ages of 15 and 65 be tested for HIV. Since the Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover the preventative services that are recommended by the task force, regular HIV testing will now be covered under Obamacare as a routine part of a check-up.
11/13/12	Begich Proposes Changes to Strengthen Social Security	begich.senate.gov	Social Security, Business & Economy & Mark B...
As the Senate returns to Washington to debate how to reduce the federal deficit and avoid severe automatic budget cuts, Sen. Mark Begich announced a new bill to strengthen the Social Security program while making clear the federal budget should not be balanced on the backs of America's seniors
10/23/12	Sen. Coburn urges Gov. Mary Fallin to reject Medicaid expansion funds	tulsaworld.com	Medicaid & Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn is publicly urging Gov. Mary Fallin to reject federal money to expand the state's Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act.
10/13/12	sakson: Senate GOPers have ‘Plan B’ for repealing Obamacare	mdjonline.com	Health & Welfare & Johnny Isakson
According to U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), there’s also a strong possibility that sequestration will be used to undo Obamacare.
10/11/12	Fact Check: Losing health insurance	washingtonpost.com	Health & Welfare & Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
What does Ryan mean when he says 20 million Americans will lose their health insurance under Obamacare? He is referring to the WORST CASE scenario of a recent CBO study that gave several scenarios for what could happen to employer-based coverage once the law was implemented.
10/11/12	Ryan’s attack on Obama’s Medicare plan is highly misleading	thinkprogress.org	Medicare & Medicaid, Paul Ryan & Vice Presid...
Ryan says President Obama “funneled” $716 billion out of Medicare to pay for the Affordable Care Act, ignoring the fact that his own budget makes the exact same cuts to the program.
10/06/12	Disappointed in Heineman	journalstar.com	Health & Welfare & Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
Gov. Dave Heineman never ceases to amaze me with his cavalier attitude and actions regarding the Affordable Care Act.
08/23/12	Michael D. Higgins, Ireland President, Takes Down Tea Party Pundit Michael Graham	huffingtonpost.com	Business & Economy, Health & Welfare & Micha...
Leave it to the Irish to teach their American cousins a thing or two about the ancient art of the smackdown.
08/21/12	A Full Fact-Check of Niall Ferguson's Very Bad Argument Against Obama	theatlantic.com	Health & Welfare, Jobs & Niall Ferguson
A counterfactual history of the past four years.
08/20/12	Paul Krugman Bashes Niall Ferguson's Newsweek Cover Story As 'Unethical' [UPDATE]	huffingtonpost.com	Taxes, Medicare & Medicaid & Paul Krugman
Krugman says that Ferguson's commentary in his Newsweek article on health care to be unethical and misrepresentative. A correction should be in order, says Krugman.
08/11/12	Romney camp prepares Medicare defense after Ryan pick	politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com	Medicare & Medicaid, Paul Ryan & 2012 Presid...
With Paul Ryan's controversial entitlement reform plan certain to take center stage in the presidential campaign now that the Wisconsin congressman has been tapped as Mitt Romney's running mate, Romney officials are circulating talking points about Medicare to their allies and campaign surrogates.
07/10/12	Republicans: Party of ‘No’ on Medicaid expansion	video.msnbc.msn.com	Medicare & Medicaid, Richard Wolffe & Krysta...
The Cycle’s Krystal Ball and MSNBC contributor Richard Wolffe examine whether some GOP governors are serious about not taking federal money for Medicaid expansion, or if they may change their minds, quietly, later.
07/05/12	Carney: 'Fallacy' to call ACA 'broad-based tax'	politico.com	Health & Welfare & Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
On the other side of difficulties with health care messaging, Jay Carney told reporters in a gaggle en route to Ohio that, despite the taxation clause majority opinion by the Supreme Court, the ACA is a penalty, not a tax.

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