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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks at the Generation Progress's annual Make Progress National Summit in Washington, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The summit brings together progressive leaders and young people. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

CHOUGULE: Unfathomable billions in government waste

By Akash Chougule

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., is seen at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in this May 17, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

States shirking Medicaid fraud reduction: report

By Chloe Johnson - The Washington Times

Illustration on the growth of government spending by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

RAHN: How Congress lost control of government spending

By Richard W. Rahn

** FILE ** Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. (Associated Press)

West Virginia Senate candidates seek partisan help in Medicaid battle

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Golden Hammer: A Year in Review: $73B of fiscal waste identified for the taxpayer

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 29, 2014 file photo shows Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes speaking in Louisville, Ky. Grimes has released her first attack ad, mischaracterizing Sen. Mitch McConnell&#8217;s voting record on overhauling Medicare. In the ad, a retired coal miner asks how he and his wife are supposed to afford the extra $6,000 in Medicare costs that McConnell voted for. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Mitch McConnell: Alison Lundergan Grimes peddling Obama Medicare lies

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s voter bloc of ‘entitlement’ illegals

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes gave her victory speech at her primary election night celebration at the Carrick House in Lexington, Ky., on Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo/The Lexington Herald-Leader, Pablo Alcala)

Alison Grimes bashes Mitch McConnell as anti-Medicare in attack ad

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

A GAO report requested by Sen. Tom Coburn found the Pentagon pays more for prescription drugs than does either Medicare or Medicaid. (Associated press)

Pentagon cited on prescription drug expenditures

By Chloe Johnson - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Government: Anti-fraud measures claw back millions in Medicare payments

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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EDITORIAL: The president’s Cronycare

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing as the panel seeks reassurances about problems with the debut of the Affordable Care Act. Republicans on the committee emphasized their longstanding criticism of the law, citing examples of cancellations and increased costs while raising questions about cyber-security for healthcare.gov. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hospitals could be scamming the government, investigation warns

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

In this May 29, 2014 photo, Denee Mallon, center, joins a candlelight vigil organized by Albuquerque Pride in Albuquerque, N.M. A U.S. Department of Health and Services review board ruled Friday, May 30, in favor of Mallon, a 74-year-old Army veteran, whose request to have Medicare pay for her genital reconstruction was denied two years ago. The decision recognizes sex reassignment surgeries as a medically necessary and effective treatment for individuals who do not identify with their biological sex. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)

EDITORIAL: Taxpayers to pay for tranny grannies

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this May 29, 2014 photo, Denee Mallon, center, participates in a candlelight vigil organized by Albuquerque Pride in Albuquerque, N.M. A U.S. Department of Health and Services review board ruled Friday, May 30, in favor of Mallon, a 74-year-old Army veteran, whose request to have Medicare pay for her genital reconstruction was denied two years ago. The decision recognizes sex reassignment surgeries as a medically necessary and effective treatment for individuals who do not identify with their biological sex. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)

Medicare ban on sex reassignment surgery lifted

By LISA LEFF - Associated Press

Ayden Prehara, talks with his parents, Todd and Chris, in his bedroom in Fitchburg, Wis., on Jan. 3, 2014. Prehara, 16, is a transgender student, having transitioned from female to male at age 14. This June, Ayden and his parents will travel to Cleveland for what, in the transgender community, is called "top surgery." His breasts will be flattened and his chest contoured to be more typically male. He will be 17 by then, about the earliest surgeons will do such surgery. Until then, he wears an undergarment called a binder that evens out his chest. The family is setting aside about $10,000 for the surgery, which includes a week or so in a Cleveland hotel during recovery, said Chris Prehara. Insurance does not cover any of it, she said. (Associated Press/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)

Medicare coverage ban on sex-change surgery lifted

By Lisa Leff - Associated Press

Federal health board rules Medicare can pay for transgender recipients’ sex-change surgeries

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Ochsner CEO named to Medicare advisory commission

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Winnebago hospital may lose Medicare funding

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Insurer to acquire Lovelace Health Plan customers

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Hearing postponed for doctor charged with fraud

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