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Rising Health Care Costs are to Blame for Rising Medicare Cost

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 13th, 2008

The Congressional Budget Office reports the main factor in the rising cost of Medicare is the growth of health care costs—health expenditures as a percent of GDP have more than doubled since 1970, growing from 7.0 percent to 14.8 percent in 2002.

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Bush Administration's Medicare Advantage Plan Costs Double

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 13th, 2008

The Bush Administration’s privatized “Medicare Advantage” plans are rising twice as fast as costs in traditional Medicare, according to the Government Accountability Office, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

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Congressional Quarterly
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Costs of Worn-out Iraq Equipment High

Submitted by Alexander Sewell
October 2nd, 2008

The U.S. Government Accountability Office reports that it will take years and cost about $200 billion to repair or replace equipment that was worn out or broken in the Iraq war.

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More than $13 Billion for Iraq Reconstruction Unaccounted For

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 1st, 2008

A former Iraqi official recently estimated that more than $13 billion meant for reconstruction projects in Iraq was wasted or stolen through elaborate fraud schemes.

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Washington Post
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Iraq War Costs

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
September 29th, 2008

The federal government has authorized $656 billion for the Iraq war. Of that total, $152 billion was appropriated to fund the Iraq war during the current fiscal year. That amounts to more than $12 billion per month and $416 million per day.

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Congressional Research Service
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Contractors Used Heavily in Iraq War

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
September 29th, 2008

A record number of private contractors are used in Iraq--receiving almost 20% of funding for operations or $85 billion-- these contractors are often not held accountable for their use of the money.

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Congressional Budget Office
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Health Insurance Costs Grow More Gradually in 2008

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Submitted by Armand Biroonak
September 24th, 2008
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washingtonpost.com — Over the past decade, insurance premiums have grown much more quickly than wages and inflation. That wasn't the case this year. But to help slow the costs of health insurance, companies are increasingly offering coverage that requires their workers to pay more of their medical expenses before the insurance will kick in.

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Iraq War Costs $12 Billion a Month

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
July 26th, 2008

The Iraq War costs more than $12 billion per month and $416 million per day. These figures include neither operations in Afghanistan nor anti-terrorism programs elsewhere around the world nor the costs of caring for the wounded or replenishing our arsenals.

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Iraq War Could Have Paid For...

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
July 26th, 2008

With $656 billion—the direct cost of the war in Iraq since 2003—we could have:

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  • American Society of Civil Engineers
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