U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Tom Coburn on Thursday unveiled their plan for fixing Medicare, the government-run health care program for seniors that faces financial challenges in the future. The plan would offer seniors, starting in 2016, the choice to...

There's a new "Medicare" proposal - sorta. It's really the same old bait-and-switch we've seen a dozen times.Still, you gotta hand it to 'em: Republican Sens. Tom Coburn and Richard Burr have taken the usual right-wing think-tank-designed buzzwords,...

TOM COBURN, Republican Senator from Oklahoma, who with Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina unveiled a Medicare overhaul plan that gradually raises the eligibility age and raises premiums for middle and upper-class retirees

Richard Burr tells Newsmax that a healthcare reform bill he has co-authored will “save Medicare” by staving off the bankruptcy the program faces in a few years. The North Carolina Republican also declares that Medicare reform is a “moral obligation”...

Richard Burr (R–NC) and Tom Coburn (R–OK) have just unveiled a bold Medicare reform proposal based on the free-market forces of choice and competition. The Senators’ proposal adds further momentum to the effort to reform and improve America’s largest...

A few years ago, Senator Richard Burr was proposing so-called health insurance “reform” plans that had absolutely no chance of going anywhere. They were just transparent political ploys to gain positive press and make it look like the Senator was...