But Senate budget doesn’t specify how Medicare and other programs would change
House and Senate Republicans have resurrected efforts to curb spending for Medicare and other safety-net programs, releasing budgets this week that bring government entitlements back to the center of political conversation.
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| House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price, and Senator Mike Enzi, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee |
The Senate GOP budget released Wednesday calls for saving $5.1 trillion over 10 years, including $4.3 trillion by repealing the Affordable Care Act and curbing entitlement programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps.
But one of the most notable elements of the Senate budget was what it omitted. The plan, the first budget from Senate Republicans since they took control of the chamber, provides few details on how or where Congress would produce those savings from Medicare and other so-called entitlement programs.
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That represents a more cautious approach than that of House Republicans, whose budget a day earlier included a full-throated endorsement of a conservative proposal to give a larger role in Medicare to private insurance companies.
The plan provides a measure of political protection to Senate Republicans who could face tough 2016 re-election contests in swing and Democratic-leaning states, among them Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Illinois, where such spending cuts might give Democrats campaign ammunition.Read the rest of the story HERE and watch related videos below:
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