medicare

Interviews: Insurance Expert Robert Zirkelbach, Screenwriters Ton Anton & Sandi Russell

Jim Engster — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:35:00 +0000

Jim talks with Robert Zirkelbach, VP of America's Health Insurance Plans, about budget challenges facing Medicare.

Filmmakers Tom Anton and Sandi Russell, discuss their new film "The Pardon", the true story of the last woman to be executed in Louisiana, back in the 1942.

LSU Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope, who's at odds with the LSU Board of Supervisors over the secrecy in choosing a new university president.

Also, LSU horticulturist Carl Motsenbocker talks with Jim about the 3rd Annual Dinner In The Field & Farm Tour, and the virtues of eating "slow foods".

As Fiscal Cliff Looms, Medicare And Medicaid Face Uncertain Budget Futures

Julie Rovner — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:39:00 +0000

No matter who wins the election on Nov. 6, official Washington will have to deal with something called the "fiscal cliff" before the end of the year.

What's coming is a perfect storm of expiring tax cuts, scheduled budget cuts, and various other spending changes scheduled to take place Jan. 1 unless Congress and President Obama (who no matter what will still be president until next Jan.

Medicare And Medicaid: How The Campaigns Differ

Liz Halloran — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:47:00 +0000

Since GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney picked Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate, seems all we've been hearing about is Medicare and its future.

No surprise, of course: Ryan is the author of the GOP budget plan that would dramatically remake how the health care insurance program for seniors is managed and funded.