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Opinion: Romney Denigrates 47% Not Paying Taxes As He Uses Loopholes Trying...

Last May, Mitt Romney talked to a room full of wealthy donors about the leeches on the American system. The video has just surfaced and it has put Mitt Romney further on the defensive. Romney...

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Opinion: Republicans Endorse Todd Akin As Senate Chances Slip Away

The Republican Party has flip-flopped of Congressman Todd Akin of Missouri. In August they were demanding that he leave the Senate race. Today, the same people are embracing the national embarrassment...

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Opinion: Despite Obama Attacks Romney Will Win The Senior Vote

Senior citizens – Americans in the 65-year-old and older bracket – have a higher percentage of voters than any other age group according to data accumulated throughout past elections. The good news...

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Medicare To Fine Hospitals With High Readmission Rates Among Seniors.

By Suzanne Monaghan PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Medicare was set to begin fining hospitals on Monday that have too many senior patients readmitted within 30 days. The move is part of a government effort to...

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Opinion: In A Cautious Debate Obama Gets The Points He Needed

Like the first few rounds of a heavy weight fight, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama spent a cautious night together mostly dancing around each other. Each made their points, but not aggressively so....

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CBS Local Presidential Forum: Obama/Romney: Talk Jobs, Economy and Government

By Carol Cain CBS62 With the economy clearly driving the 2012 race for the White House Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama took turns at bat to talk up their plans to help create jobs as CBS...

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Opinion: Ryan-Biden Vice Presidential Debate Necessarily Spirited

The most difficult part of the sole vice presidential debate of 2012 was for GOP vice presidential challenger Paul Ryan not to appear like a bully, and he accomplished that goal superbly. It would...

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Opinion: Joe Biden Schooled Paul Ryan With Facts And Substance

Mitt Romney’s apprentice salesman stepped on the stage last night and delivered his talking points, but little more. Throughout the night, Joe Biden delivered lesson after lesson to the ambitious...

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BLOG: Soc. Sec Payments Going Up, Taxes Too

By Jim Donovan: More than 56 million Social Security recipients will see their monthly payments go up by 1.7 percent next year. The increase, which starts in January, is tied to a measure of inflation...

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CBS Local Presidential Forum Romney/Obama: Exchange Barbs Over Obamacare Vs....

By Carol Cain CBS 62 Detroit Obamacare and Romneycare are so associated with President Barack Obama and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney that each took time to field a question about their namesake plan...

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Opinion: In Tonight’s Debate Mitt Romney’s Lies Will Catch Up With Him

Tonight’s debate offers President Obama an opportunity to pick up where the debate left off in Denver. That is exactly what Republicans seem to be hoping for. But, as they say, be careful of what you...

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Opinion: Paul Ryan’s Dish Washing Is As Fake As Romney/Ryan Budget Math

If you want to know what an empty, meaningless political photo opportunity is look at Congressman Paul Ryan’s drop by at a food bank last week in Youngstown, Ohio. By the time Ryan arrived at the...

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Opinion: Romney Clearly Won The Debate – Again

The second presidential debate between GOP presidential challenger Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama was quite different from the first due to the town hall format and due to the fact that...

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Local Congressman Ready To Act To Avoid ‘Fiscal Cliff’

By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — With the election over, officials are turning their attention to the so-called “fiscal cliff,” tax increases and federal budget cuts looming on January 2nd, unless...

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Business CEOs Pushing Plan To Raise U.S. Retirement Age

By Jim Melwert PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A group of top business executives is proposing reforms to Social Security and Medicare, including an increase in the retirement age. The proposal comes from the...

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Governor Corbett Negotiating The Politics Of Medicaid

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) _ Five Republican governors, including Ohio’s John Kasich and Michigan’s Rick Snyder, are embracing the promise of generous federal funding for a massive Medicaid expansion under...

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ObamaCare 101: Separating Fact From Fiction

With 2013 upon us and the elections behind, Americans can start to settle down and focus on what is currently passing for real life in our country today. Anxieties about job availability, our financial...

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Stigall Show Log 3.13.13

5:43 Roy Halladay’s rough outing yesterday may be cause for concern. 5:48 The Eagles are interested in Paris Jackson, Michael Jackson’s daughter, for a cheerleader. 5:54 Paul Ryan and the House...

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Camden County Doctor Pleads Guilty To Healthcare Fraud

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A southern New Jersey physician who owns a business that provides home-based medical services has admitted billing Medicare for lengthy visits to elderly patients that they did not...

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Pa. Ambulance Firm, Owners Plead Guilty In Fraud Case

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia ambulance company and its top two officials have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a scheme that prosecutors said cost the Medicare and Medicaid programs...

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