President Obama's has offered to raise the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67 as part of a larger deficit-reduction package, a move sure to anger congressional Democrats who want to exclude entitlement programs from the ongoing talks.
Democrats already have criticized Republicans over proposed cuts to programs such as Social Security and Medicare, and with Obama showing he is open to program changes, some Democrats are taking a hard line.
"As long as the entitlement programs are part of a cut program, I can't support it," Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., told Fox News, calling such cuts a political and fiscal "mistake."
President Obama talks about the ongoing budget negotiations July 11 in the briefing room of the White House.
"Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security -- we should deal with them ... separate and beyond the discussions that tie their existence to this debt ceiling discussion."
3 comments:
what about WELFARE and FOODSTAMPS,
not a WORD has been said about that at all
What do you think Medicaid is linked to?
If you're on Medicaid, you're also eligible for food stamps.
I hate all this crap going on in Washington.
It's getting really old.
They all need to grow up and do their jobs! Enough of the I'll do this if you do this.
Create a plan and follow it, from BOTH sides of the aisle.
Start doing what's best for the PEOPLE you represent! THAT's what you're there for! If that had been done over the last many years, we wouldn't be in the situation we're in now.
They ALL seem to have forgotten that point.
Instead of representing we the people, they've all gotten greedy and rich at the same time!
Time to clean house all the way around!
7:50 I understand no one on the shore believes this but welfare and food stamps are very very very tiny parts of our budget. The initial focus is on medicare and social security because the big 3 (SS, medicare, medicaid) account for about 41% of the budget.
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