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On the recordNovember 29, 2012
Well, first of all, I agree with you because I think what I'm hearing you say is let's put those--Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid--in a separate basket and deal with them at another time. Social Security should not be even on a different table. It should be in a different room, because Social Security has a big surplus in the trust fund and hasn't contributed one thin dime to any deficit. Medicare and Medicaid, I'm all for making those programs more efficient. We can find savings in those programs. But let's remember, it occurred to me that Democrats, through ObamaCare, actually found-- does this number sound familiar?--$716 billion worth of savings in Medicare that made the program more efficient but didn't touch benefits.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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