…Cato Project on Social Security Privatization (now Cato Project on Social Security Choice) and undertook a joint reframing exercise on Social Security that in one incarnation was labeled the ‘Leninist…

…not. Physical therapists who provide Medicare services are now subject to a cap, amounting to rationing, for elderly patients. This capping system was instituted in 1997 but an annual fix…

…groupings: 1. Bush Sr. era (through 92) 2. Clinton era of tax hikes (through 96) 3. Clinton period including and following the cut in capital gains taxes (through 00) 4….

…revamp Medicare payments to doctors, hospitals and other providers to reward high-quality, lower-cost care. Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey will push to lower a cap on the amount moderate-income…

…becomes taxable, but a “play or pay” requirement could discourage that option and mitigate its effects. CBPP suggests that concerns about a rigid cap that would apply in all cases…

…too many take a Dow 36,000 approach to potential risk of equities. Nor do we favor approaching this via raising the cap outright, though I for one would be open…

…you’re surprised that I agree with you and disagree with Barnett. I’d say a strong argument for the cap is the good old moral hazard in bailouts argument. If the…

Somehow the concept of means testing has entered the Social Security dialogue right along side that of cap increases. Don’t let people trick you into going down that path. Each…

…fact makes revenue increases through such things as a cap increase transform into long term debt. The arithmetic seems beyond the best efforts of Cosi and tends to baffle Obama…

…not capped. (If I were a rich person and looking at that uncapped Medicare tax, I’d be lobbying for a cap and a slightly larger tax tax rate up to…