[RobFromGa]

Time for a Freeper Headline Poll.

My local fishwrap and birdcage liner (the Atlanta Urinal & Constipation) had above-the-fold, full width headline "Bush Targets Medicare".

This is a pretty left-biased headline. What did other newspapers publish on this Medicare topic. Headline and location of story in the paper?

[Publius Maximus]

BUSH TO DECIMATE MEDICARE, REPLACE WITH ENRON-LIKE PRIVATE INSURANCE SCHEME; MILLIONS OF HOMELESS FEAR STARVATION

I'm kidding of course, but ...

[sam_paine]

Bush to Elderly: "Pay the Price"

[FITZ]

What would be the point in cutting Medicare if he plans to expand Social Security into Mexico?

[Miss Marple]

I can't even FIND the story in the Indianapolis paper!! I have been all over their web site, and it is not to be found!

Probably it will show up tomorrow with a creative headline. I will check this thread later to see what contributions have come in from across the nation.

Might I suggest that people identify the paper and the city from which it comes? That way we would avoid duplication and would have an idea of where the worst cases are.

Great idea..thanks!

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Here are some headlines from Google:

NYT: Bush to Propose Medicare Changes
Smart Money - 18 minutes ago
... According to the report, administration officials said Bush's vision for Medicare closely resembled proposals advanced in the last three years by US Sen. ...

Bush set to propose Medicare overhaul - Boston Globe

Bush To Back Drug Benefits For Elderly - CBS News

Seattle Post Intelligence: Bush aims for sweeping Medicare changes
Prescription drug benefits likely; parties disagree on major reforms

Bush's vision for Medicare includes long-term changes
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON – President Bush, with the new Senate majority leader as a powerful ally, will propose sweeping, long-term changes in Medicare when he urges ...

Bush to link Medicare changes with drug benefit
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 14 minutes ago
... Administration officials said Bush's vision for Medicare closely resembled proposals
advanced in the past three years by Bill Frist, the Tennessee Republican ...

[The_Victor]

Reprint of the Times article from the Houston Comical:

Bush to propose Medicare reform

Wants to foster competition with private sector

By ROBERT PEAR
New York Times

[Sender]

The AJC online doesn't have it posted yet. They're still stuck on "Bush Returns to Tax Cuts (for the wealthy)".

[w1andsodidwe]

The Record from Stockton, Ca: Bush to Push Tax Cuts

subhead: "Economic Package to be Unveiled"

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Lodi News Sentinel: Bush Eyes New Plan

subhead: "President Seeks Economy Boost"

[Dave S]

Boy if "Bush Targets Medicare" is your best example of media bias, then we have won. There is nothing inaccurate in that statement. You are just making your own fearful inference about what it means.

[JDGreen123]

Tennessee Roundup:

The Tennessean - Nashville (known as Pravda on the Cumberland): Bush seeks Medicare changes

The Memphis Commercial Appeal (known as the Comic Appeal): Bush eyeing sweeping reforms for Medicare

No mention in Knoxville or Chattanooga.

[concerned about politics]

In the last three weeks, the president has told his advisers and congressional leaders that he wants to promote competition in Medicare

Sounds good to me. Competition brings a lower price, less government fraud and waste, and a better product.
Next, move on to school choice.
If we've ever had a chance to create a better America, it's now. Go for it!

[PhiKapMom]

White House to Propose Medicare Changes

That seemed legit to me because that is exactly what Pres Bush plans to do!

[concerned about politics]

Proposal would increase competition

Oh ouch! Politically incorrect capitalism!
If these folks don't end up needing Universal Heath Care, the Facist left is doomed! Oh, the horror, the horror!

Heh heh heh. Strategery.

[Inspectorette]

This should be a new FR daily feature - finding and posting the most outrageously liberal fishwrap headlines and picking a winner (or loser, depending on how you look at it.

[DannyTN]

There are some alternative plans out there now. But what they do is cut benefits that people don't realize they need and offer benefits that people think they need but they really don't.

The average individual doesn't have enough information or time to research to make the decision. Therefore Health Insurance should be relatively comprehensive.

So do they hold down costs in the short-run? Cost to the Government yes. Total costs of healthcare, I don't think so. It just means people run out of money quicker and end up on Medicaid. Or they don't get treated and end up in the Hospital or Nursing Home costing them and taxpayers thousands more.

Bush should allow Home Health's to flourish and cut through the red tape for providers. Intermittent care in a patient's home costs a fraction of either a nursing home or a hospital. The patients are happier, recover faster and are healthier.

Unfortunately the government looks at the growth in spending on Home Care and thinks it's a problem instead of realising how much they are saving by avoiding hospital and nursing home stays.

[TheBattman]

Bush's Tax Cut Plan Grows
Far Exceeding Expectations, Proposal Draws Democrat Attack

Arkansas Democrat Gazette 1/4/2003