Oh puhlease, he would never ever sign a bill that cut have a trillion in bennies for the gimmes, no matter how he claimed it would be paid for (hate that term) by tax increases on the rich.
This is a political ploy for the centrist moderate types. Hope they have learned, but don't have much faith in people who live their lives by sound bytes.
He planned to cut it all along while he gives us the bigger fiscal demon of Obama care
Were Medicare and Obama care to run in parallel?
While there is no mention of going after the cheats in the system and the corruption in management, he is planning to cut services. Will anyone ask him how this goes with his concerns about health care for all?
“This is a political ploy for the centrist moderate types.”
No, it’s not. He totally intends to make these cuts - off the backs of the millionaires (the ones making over $200,000/yr) he’s going to try to tax to death. You see, if we withold Medicare benefits from those who can afford their own healthcare, we can save lots of money...