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Posted: 5/15/2013 5:51:57 PM EST
FILE - This April 10, 2013 file photo shows Marilyn Tavenner speaking during a news conference at the Health and Humans Services (HHS) Department in Washington. Tavenner, a former intensive care nurse with a businesslike approach to a politically divisive public policy area won Senate approval Wednesday to run Medicare and other major health insurance programs. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 5:44:28 PM EST
Marilyn Tavenner testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on her nomination to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Capitol Hill in Washington April 9, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Posted: 5/10/2013 3:32:18 AM EST
FILE - In this April 8, 2013 file photo, copies of President Barack Obama's proposed federal budget plan for fiscal year 2014 are prepared for delivery at the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington. With Congress increasingly unable to resolve budget disputes, federal programs on automatic pilot are consuming ever larger amounts of government resources. The trend helps older Americans, who receive the bulk of Social Security and Medicare benefits, at the expense of younger people. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 5/5/2013 9:03:38 AM EST
FILE - In this July 15, 2011, file photo, members of Progressive Change Campaign Committee upset over potential cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security walk to President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in Chicago, to deliver 200,000 signatures from people who are refusing to donate or volunteer for his re-election campaign if Obama cuts entitlement programs. Absent a magic potion or explosive economic growth, it was all but inevitable President Barack Obama would have to break some of his campaign promises to keep others, because of their incompatibility. As the population gets older, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are eating up more and more of the federal budget, squeezing the ability of the government to pay for other programs. Today, the three massive benefit programs account for 44 percent of federal spending. Left unchanged, they will account for more than 60 percent in 25 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. (AP Photo/David Banks, File)
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Posted: 4/30/2013 8:23:26 AM EST
FILE - This April 10, 2013 file photo shows Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner speaking during a news conference at the Health and Humans Services (HHS) Department in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, to discuss the Health Department's fiscal 2014 budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Posted: 4/29/2013 3:08:32 AM EST
FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2012, file photo President Barack Obama campaigns at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. As the population gets older, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are eating up more and more of the federal budget, squeezing the ability of the government to pay for other programs. President Barack Obama and Republican leaders in Congress have held off-and-on talks about possible changes to programs since 2011, but a deal remains elusive. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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Posted: 4/29/2013 3:08:32 AM EST
FILE - In this April 12, 2013, file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, holds a copy of President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal book during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. As the population gets older, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are eating up more and more of the federal budget, squeezing the ability of the government to pay for other programs. Today, the three massive benefit programs account for 44 percent of federal spending. Left unchanged, they will account for more than 60 percent in 25 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 4/29/2013 3:08:32 AM EST
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2013, file photo, people protesting proposed cuts in social security, medicare, and other social services, demonstrate outside the offices of House Speaker John Boehner in West Chester, Ohio. As the population gets older, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are eating up more and more of the federal budget, squeezing the ability of the government to pay for other programs. Today, the three massive benefit programs account for 44 percent of federal spending. Left unchanged, they will account for more than 60 percent in 25 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)
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Posted: 4/29/2013 3:08:32 AM EST
FILE - In this July 15, 2011, file photo, members of Progressive Change Campaign Committee upset over potential cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security walk to President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in Chicago, to deliver 200,000 signatures from people who are refusing to donate or volunteer for his re-election campaign if Obama cuts entitlement programs. As the population gets older, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are eating up more and more of the federal budget, squeezing the ability of the government to pay for other programs. Today, the three massive benefit programs account for 44 percent of federal spending. Left unchanged, they will account for more than 60 percent in 25 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. (AP Photo/David Banks, File)
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Posted: 4/25/2013 3:13:28 AM EST
FILE - In this April 10, 2013, file photo, copies of President Barack Obama's budget plan for fiscal year 2014 are distributed to Senate staff on Capitol Hill in Washington. Liberals’ objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit. House Republicans have consistently refused to raise income taxes. And top Democrats now oppose changes to Medicare and Social Security benefits. Lawmakers must budge on these issues to produce a bipartisan compromise big enough to seriously dent the federal deficit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 4/23/2013 10:51:07 AM EST
Marilyn Tavenner testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on her nomination to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Capitol Hill in Washington April 9, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Posted: 4/13/2013 10:23:22 AM EST
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner speaks during a news conference at the Health and Humans Services (HHS) Department in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, to discuss the Health Department's fiscal 2014 budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Posted: 4/13/2013 3:53:20 AM EST
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, left, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, speaks during a news conference at the Health and Humans Services (HHS) Department in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, to discuss the Health Department's fiscal 2014 budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Posted: 4/11/2013 3:50:27 AM EST
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, accompanied by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, left, and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, speaks during a news conference at the HHS in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, to discuss President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 for the Health Department. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Posted: 4/9/2013 3:03:26 PM EST
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., addresses a group of protesters outside of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2013. Liberal lawmakers from both chambers of Congress and a coalition of like-minded groups rallied outside the White House, voicing frustration at the Democratic president they feel has let them down by proposing cuts to Medicare and Social Security. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
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Posted: 4/9/2013 1:43:59 PM EST
Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Minn. gestures as he speaks to a group of protesters outside of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2013. Liberal lawmakers from both chambers of Congress and a coalition of like-minded groups rallied outside the White House, voicing frustration at the Democratic president they feel has let them down by proposing cuts to Medicare and Social Security. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
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Posted: 4/9/2013 1:33:07 PM EST
Marilyn Tavenner testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on her nomination to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Capitol Hill in Washington April 9, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Posted: 4/9/2013 12:24:37 PM EST
Marilyn Tavenner testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on her nomination to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Capitol Hill in Washington April 9, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Posted: 4/9/2013 12:24:37 PM EST
Marilyn Tavenner testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on her nomination to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Capitol Hill in Washington April 9, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Posted: 4/9/2013 12:22:42 PM EST
Marilyn Tavenner testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on her nomination to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Capitol Hill in Washington April 9, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
