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by Linda Bealecrossposted with Ataxingmatter More on UBS and Secret Banking Jurisdictions: Birkenfeld Tells All to Global Post Bradley Birkenfeld, the UBS banker who opened the floodgates of information on the bank’s nefarious practices of aiding and abetting tax evasion, is currently in prison. But he has also done a tell-all interview with the Global […]

Projected growth in spending on the federal government’s big health and retirement programs–Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security–dominates the long-run budget outlook. If current policies continue, that spending is likely to grow significantly faster than the economy as a whole over the next few decades. By 2040, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects those outlays will […]

by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt HEALTH CARE: The Durable Medical Equipment (DME) mess So you go to an orthopedic surgeon with a complaint of back pain, and the surgeon orders a lumbar back brace for support. Can you stop at a counter and buy the brace on the way out the door? Probably not. Years […]

by Mike Kimel Update: Rdan here Take the quiz now…hey big spenders Status Report on Presimetrics The Intelligence Report column in Parade Magazine, the newspaper that appears in Sunday newspapers across the country, wrote a short quiz based on Presimetrics. It will appear in this Sunday’s issue. Michael Kanell and I will log in to […]

by Linda BealeExcerpt from Ataxingmatter The post in its entirety can be found at Linda’s Ataxingmatter Health Care Reform: the Virginia opposition given standing in federal district court: The judge states that the “central issue” in the case is Virginia’s interest in upholding it’s “health care freedom act”–a declaration that Viriginia citizens do not have […]

Bruce Webb h/t for the link Full Medicare Report (and here it is for your enjoyment). Ken Houghton h/t who linked to a Reuters note: Reuters: The Medicare hospital trust fund is not projected to exhaust its funds until 2029, 12 years later than forecast last year, the trustees said…

Yves speaks simply, forthrightly, and convincingly. What a breath of fresh air. The segment is here on structural unemployment concerns, a coherent industrial and trade policy that might include the welfare of people who work, and Elizabeth Warren.