Simply said, no Member of Congress should vote for $270 billion in Medicare cuts believing that reductions of this size have been recommended by the Medicare trustees or that such reductions are needed now to prevent an imminent funding crisis. That would be factually incorrect. I just might add the trustees in fact did say that $90 billion was more in the nature of what was needed over a period of time to look at the solvency issue.
Addressing Medicare cuts and misrepresentations regarding trustee recommendations.
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