It seems no one wants to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits. Not President Joe Biden, who is already telling voters his upcoming federal budget proposal will “defend and strengthen” the programs.
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Social Security And Medicare: Troubling Math, Tough Politics
Posted on 23 February 2023.
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Medicare Pay Cuts Will Hurt Seniors’ Care, Doctors Argue
Posted on 21 December 2022.
Doctors are urging Congress to call off cuts scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1 in the reimbursements they receive from Medicare.
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Social Security: Trump’s Idea To Eliminate Payroll Tax Doesn’t Add Up
Posted on 15 August 2020.
President Donald Trump’s push to cut Social Security payroll taxes for the rest of the year, and even arguing for a permanent cut, would do little to bolster the coronavirus-battered economy
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Tax Cuts, Budget Cuts, Medicare & Social Security
Posted on 01 May 2018.
At the end of 2017, Congress passed $1.5 trillion in tax cuts that will reduce federal dollars available for public programs, and the White House proposed a 2019 budget that will cut $1.7 trillion from Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security disability programs, food stamps, and more.
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Retirees rattled by risk of physician Medicare cuts
Posted on 26 March 2015.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar WASHINGTON — New momentum for a lasting fix to Medicare’s physician-payment problem shows that lawmakers may finally be recognizing what has long bothered their constituents. Year after year, the threat of 20-percent payment cuts averted at the last minute has seemed a curious way to run a program that lives depend on. […]
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GOP hits Medicaid to offset doc fee hikes
Posted on 25 March 2015.
By David Espo WASHINGTON— House Republicans quietly deepened recommended budget savings from the government’s chief health care program for the poor, Medicaid, by about $140 billion in recent weeks to offset part of the cost of higher payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients, according to officials familiar with the tradeoff. The maneuver comes as […]
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