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Budget Battles

  • Wanted: 52,000 More Primary Care Doctors by 2025

    By Reuters

    A growing and aging population, along with increased access to health insurance, will create the need for 52,000 more primary care doctors within the U.S. by the year 2025, according to a new study.

  • 5 Ways Obama Can Defuse a Fiscal Cliff Stalemate

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Even if the “do nothing Congress” lives up to its reputation and doesn’t come up with a deal, President Obama could still soften the economic blow of the fiscal cliff. But budget experts say the...

  • Petraeus Scandal Lays Bare the Perks of Power

    By Greg Jaffe, The Washington Post

    Of the many facts that have come to light in the scandal involving former CIA director David H. Petraeus, among the most curious was that during his days as a four-star general, he was once escorted...

  • Fiscal Cliff May Be a Buying Opportunity for Stocks

    By Reuters

    The 1987 crash. The Y2K bug. The debt ceiling debacle of 2011. All these events, in the end, turned out to be buying opportunities for stocks. So will the "fiscal cliff," some investors say as they...

  • Romney May Be a Victim of His Own 'Romnesia'

    By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post

    Ten days after failing to sail into the White House, Mitt Romney is already being tossed overboard by his party. The former Massachusetts governor — who attracted $1 billion in funding and 59 million...