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What Will Medicare's Healthier Outlook Mean for Budget Battle?

Reports on the two largest federal programs came out today: the annual check-ups by the trustees of Social Security and Medicare . There's good news and bad news for both deficit hawks and advocates for senior citizens. Damian Paletta is economic policy reporter for the Wall Street Journal .

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Reports on the two largest federal programs came out today: the annual check-ups by the trustees of Social Security and Medicare. There's good news and bad news for both deficit hawks and advocates for senior citizens. Damian Paletta is economic policy reporter for the Wall Street Journal.

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    Warren Olney

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    Damian Paletta

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