Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Senate Budget Committee Approves Budget Plan Without President Bush's Proposed Cuts To Medicare, Medicaid. As expected, the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday voted 11-10 along party lines to approve a "scaled-back" version of President Bush's fiscal year 2007 budget proposal, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports. The budget resolution, which was proposed on Wednesday by committee Chair Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), does not include Bush's proposals for expanding tax benefits for health savings accounts and restricting spending on Medicare, the AP/Chronicle reports (Taylor, AP/Houston Chronicle, 3/9)... click link for more info. [Medical News Today RSS/XML Feed] 1:11:07 PM    comment [] Impact Of Aging Baby Boomer Population Might Be Less Than Thought, Partly Due To Fewer Elderly People With Disabilities, Census Report Says. Older U.S. residents are living longer, healthier lives with fewer disabilities, according to a report released on Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, the New York Times reports (Lyman, New York Times, 3/10). For the study, titled "65+ in the United States: 2005," researchers from the Census Bureau and the National Institute on Aging compiled population data from Census surveys and other federal sources, including CDC, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Medicare claims (Bor et... click link for more info. [Medical News Today RSS/XML Feed] 1:10:54 PM    comment []

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