tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 5
REIMBURSEMENT: President's Proposed Budget Would Slash Future Medicare Funds
But House Dems pledge to fight the bill when it hits the Congress floorIf President Bush has his way, he-ll give Medicare a cash advance in 2009, and then take money off the table over the subsequent five years. During his recent State of the Union address, the president told the nation, -Everyone in this chamber knows that spending on entitlement programs like Social Security, Medi-care and Medicaid is growing faster than we can afford,- setting policymakers up for potential cuts. And this week, President Bush did just that when he introduced his $3.1 trillion budget, which...
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