News Flashes I Like

By Filed under Interesting Links on March 23, 2011 with 5 comments

More than 60 senators from both parties are calling on President Obama to lead them in developing a comprehensive plan to rein in record budget deficits.

CBO says giving states a block grant to cover long-term care services in Medicaid would shave $287.4 billion off the deficit over 10 years.

Waist measurement may NOT predict heart disease: University of Cambridge study in The Lancet.

Welfare-to-Work improves mental health.

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  1. Bruce says:
    March 23, 2011 at 3:47 pm

    64 senators have some sense? That’s a surprise.

  2. Devon Herrick says:
    March 23, 2011 at 4:06 pm

    The CBO should have recommended giving states a block grant not just for Medicaid long-term care, but also for all the other mandatory and option populations and services.

  3. larry C. says:
    March 23, 2011 at 5:21 pm

    Hmmmm. Maybe Simpson/Bowles isn’t dead yet. We can all be hopeful.

  4. Virginia says:
    March 24, 2011 at 1:18 am

    If you are a senator, demanding fiscal constraint is the popular thing to do. Actually voting for it is the least popular thing to do!

  5. Jeff says:
    March 24, 2011 at 5:05 am

    I hope the waist measurement finding is correct.

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