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"Exploding health care spending is hardly the relief the president promised the American people," says Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican. (Associated Press)

Report predicts rising health costs under Obama law

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Undoing health law could have messy ripple effects

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Undoing health law could have messy ripple effects

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Illustration Medicare-less by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

BURGESS: Medicare-less

By Rep. Michael C. Burgess

Illustration Obama's poor Julia by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

ORIENT: Obama’s poor Julia

By Dr. Jane M. Orient

AARP works in seniors’ interests

The Washington Times

Supporters of health care reform rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, the final day of arguments over the health care law signed by President Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

House GOP releases documents on health care deals

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

SPIN METER: Political ads stir health care horror

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

SCANLON: Picking seniors’ pockets

By Terrence Scanlon

More doctors are ditching the old prescription pad

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

"Today's votes were not a serious effort to pass a budget. Both sides of the aisle are at fault. Americans watching this debate witnessed exactly what they've come to expect from Washington: Republicans blaming Democrats, Democrats blaming Republicans."
- Sen. Dean Heller, Nevada Republican

Democrat-led Senate votes down 4 GOP budgets for 2013

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Medicare administrator Marilyn Tavenner (Associated Press)

Report: Suspect billings at 2,600 drugstores

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

Retired couples may need $240,000 for health care

By MARK JEWELL - Associated Press

President Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, after a day trip to Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

HURT: Obama’s real ‘war’ is against the elderly

By Charles Hurt

**FILE** House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (second from right), Wisconsin Republican, accompanied by fellow committee members, gestures Dec. 7, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are Republican Reps. Diane Black of Tennessee, Tom Price of Georgia, Ryan, and Jason Chaffetz of Utah. (Associated Press)

GOP plan boosts Pentagon, cuts social programs

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this April 12, 2012, file photo, former Medicare Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick gestures during an interview with the Associated Press, in Washington. Tossing out President Barack Obama’s health care law would have major unintended consequences for Medicare’s payment systems, unseen but vital plumbing that handles 100 million monthly claims from hospitals and other service providers, the administration has quietly informed the courts. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Medicare disruptions seen if health law is struck down

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

Medical professionals charged with fraud involving Medicare

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Closing Part D hole saved seniors $3.4B

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

**FILE** Susan Prather, a family nurse practitioner, speaks with Edward Smith, a diabetic, about his medications at the Good Samaritan Health Center in Greenville, Miss. (The Washington Times)

FDA may let patients buy drugs without prescriptions

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

FLEMING: Undeniable: Entitlements are unsustainable

By Rep. John Fleming