Today's Situation Room:
Wolf Blitzer delivers the most important breaking news and political, international, and national security stories of the day. Tune to The Situation Room weekdays 5-7pm ET on CNN.
Cancer patients turned away from clinics
Forced spending cuts are reducing Medicare payments and resulting in cancer patients being turned away by clinics. CNN's Lisa Sylvester reports.
RELATED STORY: Obama to propose changes to Medicare and Social Security in new budget
King: The battle over Medicare
CNN's John King examines the math behind why the GOP wants President Obama to take some of the money out of Medicare.
BLITZER'S BLOG: Obama’s big political risk
By CNN's Wolf Blitzer
(CNN) – Medicare is an especially touchy subject for any politician, Democrat or Republican. America’s older Americans overwhelmingly love this public health care program. They have come to rely on it and, if you look at the polls, aren’t all that open to major changes.
That helps to explain why President Obama took a direct swipe at the Republicans’ proposals for Medicare changes when he spoke at two separate Democratic National Committee fundraising events in Washington last night.
FULL POST
 |
Post by: Filed under: Barack Obama • Medicare • Wolf Blitzer |
About this Show
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer is the command center for breaking news, politics and extraordinary reports from around the world. Tune in weeknights from 5-7pm ET on CNN.
On Twitter
