As the New York Times reports, Democrats took a blow yesterday when their proposal to make permanent a previously temporary “fix” in Medicare doctor fees that had to be reapproved each year didn’t make it through the Senate. Doctor payments are supposed to be cut by a certain percentage each year, and every year Congress, realizing that doctors will shun Medicare patients if the cuts are instituted, steps in to nullify the fee cut, an action known Read more

Okay, really this post is just an excuse to brag about my husband.

He’s not the one training for the marathon — I am. It’s gone extremely well this year, far better than the two previous years. I ran both of my 20-milers as smoothly as I could have hoped for, and finished them with a smile on my face. (Hubby says last year I looked like a zombie after every run longer than 16 miles.) I haven’t had any injuries except for a bout of ankle Read more

The New York Times reports that the AMA, once an ardent opponent of Medicare, now wants to make sure that Medicare doesn’t get cut in whatever health care “reform” happens to be. They want a law that would make permanent the temporary “fix” that happens every year when Congress staves off cuts to doctors’ Medicare payments that an earlier law demands — but removing the cuts permanently would threaten Democrats’ (already empty) promises that health Read more