Nevertheless, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other budget hawks prefer to perpetuate the “entitlement” myth. This week, Ryan said that fiscal responsibility means “reforming our entitlement programs.” “Reforming” is code for undermining Social Security and privatizing Medicare, two politically unpopular ideas that nonetheless seem to drive Ryan’s agenda. Never mind that Social Security and Medicare Part A are funded by workers’ payroll contributions and don’t contribute a penny to the deficit.
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Lumping Social Security and Medicare together and calling them ‘entitlements’ is also telling. These are earned benefits, not entitlements, which American workers have contributed to throughout their working lives. Conservatives have long used the word 'entitlements’ to make those earned benefits seem like welfare.
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Three interactive documents focusing on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and health care that you need to visit.
Earned Benefits and Health Care Project:
http://bit.ly/earnedbenefits
Trump Timeline:
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Congressional Timeline:
http://bit.ly/congresstimeline
Three interactive documents on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and health care.
Targeting Earned Benefits & Health Care: http://bit.ly/earnedbenefits
Trump Timeline: http://bit.ly/nctrumptimeline
Congressional Timeline: http://bit.ly/congresstimeline
We have updated our earned benefits project which keeps track of Members of Congress’ comments on wanting to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and health care.
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We discussed:
- The GOP’s budget that passed committee last week which would cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
- Our Congressional timeline which keeps track of states said by Members of Congress advocating for cuts to earned benefits and health care programs.
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As if to confirm the warnings of seniors’ advocates, Republicans have signaled that their next targets after the tax bill are Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Of course, by “structural changes,” Rubio really means cutting earned benefits and turning Medicare into a voucher program.
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I think any budget that we pass out of the House must include entitlement reform
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the House Freedom Caucus.
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Mulvaney, who supports Social Security and Medicare reforms, told CNBC ‘we’re working on’ persuading Trump to embrace entitlement reform, including changes to Social Security Disability Insurance.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday said House Republicans will aim to cut spending on Medicare, Medicaid and welfare programs next year as a way to trim the federal deficit.
“We’re going to have to get back next year at entitlement reform, which is how you tackle the debt and the deficit,” Ryan said during an interview on Ross Kaminsky’s talk radio show.
Health-care entitlements such as Medicare and Medicaid “are the big drivers of debt,” Ryan said, “so we spend more time on the health-care entitlements, because that’s really where the problem lies, fiscally speaking.“
via The Hill.
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After Passing Senate Tax Bill, GOP to Target Seniors’ Earned Benefits.
- As if to confirm the warnings of seniors’ advocates, Republicans have signaled that their next targets after the tax bill are Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
- Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) admitted as much in an interview with Politico last week, declaring that spending cuts in earned benefits programs will be necessary to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy and multinational corporations.
National Committee President, House Dems Decry GOP Tax Plan’s "Dire” Impact on Seniors.
- The tax bill will trigger an immediate $25 billion cut to Medicare unless Congress quickly waives the PAYGO provision of federal budget law.
- Both Medicare and Medicaid – which helps seniors afford long-term care – are targeted for deep cuts in the GOP budget plan.
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