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APNewsBreak: Questions for Medicare in outbreak

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 15, 2012 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks in Bethesda, Md. Medicare, overseen by Sebelius' department, is coming under scrutiny in the meningitis outbreak that has rekindled doubts about the safety of the nation’s drug supply. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Medicare under scrutiny in meningitis outbreak

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

Illustration Money Boat by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

SCHIMPFF: Health care fix: Patients pay doctors

By Dr. Stephen C. Schimpff

CVS to pay $5M to settle drug pricing allegations

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

** FILE ** Trays of printed Social Security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management Services facility in Philadelphia in 2005. (Associated Press)

Expect small Social Security benefit increase for 2013

By Stephen Ohlemacher - Associated Press

** FILE ** Vice President Joseph R. Biden walks out of Air Force Two upon his arrival on Oct. 11, 2012, at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky., for the vice presidential debate. (Associated Press)

Biden’s debate aim: Reclaim edge after Obama’s subpar showing

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Lanny Breuer

Authorities uncover $429 million in Medicare fraud

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks about the law enforcement actions of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force as Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. listens at the Justice Department on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Associated Press)

91 charged in Medicare fraud scheme

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Obama wave to the audience during the first presidential debate at the University of Denver on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Denver. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

FACT CHECK: Presidential debate missteps

By Calvin Woodward - Associated Press

Medicare fines over hospitals’ readmitted patients

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is traveling the country touting his plan that would allow seniors to receive vouchers to shop for private insurance. Two-thirds of voters 55 and older said in a survey that they prefer traditional Medicare over what Democrats call a “premium-support model.” (Associated Press)

Ryan’s Medicare plan falls flat with seniors

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Illustration Obama's Melted Ice Cream by John Camejo for The Washington Times

HOWARD AND FEYMAN: Obamacare will end Medicare as we know it

By Paul Howard and Yevgeniy Feyman

**FILE** A shopper walks toward the pharmacy at a Wal-Mart in Little Rock, Ark., on Feb. 20, 2008. (Associated Press)

Report: Premium hikes for top Medicare drug plans

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

Report warns of boost in cost of Medicare drug plans

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

Report: Premium hikes for top Medicare drug plans

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

President Obama greets people Sept. 20, 2012, on the tarmac as he arrives on Air Force One at Tampa International Airport in Tampa. (Associated Press)

Obama camp argues Romney video offends seniors

By Mark S. Smith and Nedra Pickler - Associated Press

GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaks Thursday in Sarasota, Fla. Florida is a key swing state for Mr. Romney’s campaign. (Associated Press)

Romney campaign zeroes in on Florida

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (center) speaks June 7, 2012, with Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Gen. John Allen (left center), the head of NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan, upon arriving at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

White House details ‘destructive’ spending cuts

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 11, 2010, file photo, Council of Economic Advisers Chairwoman Christina Romer briefs reporters at the White House in Washington. The White House said on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, that Mrs. Romer is resigning her position to return to academia. Her resignation will take effect Sept. 3. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

EDITORIAL: Obama’s runaway red ink

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

**FILE** A statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington on Aug. 8, 2011. (Associated Press)

Moody’s warns of downgrade from AAA without budget deal

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times