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: The GavelPresident Bush?s Proposed Medicare and Medicaid Cuts Are Exactly the Wrong Medicine
By Speaker Pelosi
The President is proposing to once again slash health care coverage for seniors and low-income working Americans. The President’s cuts are exactly the wrong medicine when the cost of health care and the number of uninsured continue to rise and families are feeling economically insecure.
The Administration’s proposed cuts in Medicare and Medicaid, even larger than last year’s, are particularly unjustified when the largest subsidies in the Medicare program ? payment to Medicare Advantage plans ? are left untouched.
The President should work with Congress to create a budget that recognizes that affordable health care is a priority.
Full post as published by The Gavel on January 31, 2008 (boomark / email).
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