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10.07.2009 4:20 pm

Blunt skewers Dems for Medicare ’savings’ goals

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Blunt, flanked by Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Fla., (left) and Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Ga., today.

Blunt, flanked by Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Fla., (left) and Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Ga., today.

WASHINGTON — Over the summer, Rep. Roy Blunt opined about how Medicare distorts the marketplace, which his adversaries interpreted as criticizing the popular government-run program that sustains older Americans.

Today, Blunt was…

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08.06.2009 5:31 pm

White House takes heat for deal with drug lobby

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Rep. Emerson

Rep. Emerson

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration took power with the promise of curtailing deals with those wicked K-Street lobbyists.

But now an earlier behind-closed-doors deal with drug companies in the effort to promote health care reform is drawing heat.

As reported in the New…

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07.10.2009 11:14 am

Blunt: Medicare, Medicaid ‘distorts the marketplace’

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Roy Blunt

Roy Blunt

Blunt interview

WASHINGTON — Rep. Roy Blunt, an academic before he got into politics, can get wonkish on you if you’re not careful.

Blunt was sounding professorial this morning in remarks about Medicare that could come back to haunt him.

Interviewed on 93.9 FM in Columbia, Blunt,…

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07.17.2008 11:49 am

Hulshof switches vote on Medicare reimbursement bill

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof was one of 24 House Republicans to switch their votes on Tuesday’s vote that will postpone cuts in Medicare payments to doctors.

When the bill was voted on in the House on June 24, Hulshof voted against it.…

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