cost-cutting

Between the town hall chaos and the claims of some prominent Republicans of a vast left-wing conspiracy to euthanize your grandmother, the details of what’s actually in the proposed health reform bill have pretty much gotten lost. But a conversation I had yesterday with Karen Davenport, health care policy director at the Center for American [...]

The Washington Post reports this morning that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin frequently billed the state a per diem — meant to cover travel expenses on official business — for nights spent at her family’s home in Wasilla, Alaska.
The state also picked up the tab for the first family’s travel expenses when accompanying Palin on state [...]