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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://community.advanceweb.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>ADVANCE for NPs &amp; PAs Discussion Board</title><link>http://community.advanceweb.com/forums/177/ShowForum.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 0.0)</generator><item><title>Medicare As We Know it</title><link>http://community.advanceweb.com/forums/thread/59490.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:30:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">06d5312c-37b9-406e-be84-460d8d21f4fc:59490</guid><dc:creator>Michelle Pronsati</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.advanceweb.com/forums/thread/59490.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.advanceweb.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=177&amp;PostID=59490</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;After the weekend drama surrounding stopgap funding to keep federal services operating, the president and Congress are beginning a new phase of important negotiation on the budget. Paul Ryan, a Republican congressman from Wisconsin, is leading the GOP budget efforts and one of his top priorities is getting the government out of the Medicare business. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Read what a health economist had to say about this in today's &lt;A class="" href="http://www.philly.com/philly/health_and_science/119582424.html" target=_blank&gt;Philadelpha Inquirer&lt;/A&gt;, then please let us know your opinions about overhauling the Medicare system by putting health insurance coverage for older Americans in the hands of private industry.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Michelle Perron Pronsati, editor&lt;/P&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>