On the recordJune 6, 1996
In my opinion, the reason for that is very simple: Because they want to use the cuts in Medicare for tax breaks for wealthy Americans. They want to be able to use the money for that to achieve whatever their other goals are. It is not because they are trying to save Medicare or restructure Medicare in a way that is actually going to help the program. They are funneling that money into tax breaks. So every time we deal with the budget, we get the Medicare cuts once again.
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