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Senior Citizen Politics
President to Outline Strategy to
Make Entitlements More Secure for Senior Citizens
President Obama lays out his
budget reduction plan on Wednesday, to change course for Medicare,
Medicaid, Social Security
 April
11, 2011 Still reeling from the Republican proposal to severely cut
Medicare and Medicaid and to push Medicare toward a private insurance
program, senior citizens are now bracing for cost reduction proposals
for entitlement programs expected on Wednesday from President Barack
Obama.
The New York Times reports, The Republican plan includes a
shrinking of Medicare and Medicaid and trillions of dollars in tax cuts,
while sparing defense spending. Mr. Obama, by contrast, envisions a more
comprehensive plan that would include tax increases for the richest
taxpayers, cuts to military spending, savings in Medicare and Medicaid,
and unspecified changes to Social Security.
Following are reports and analysis appearing in
major news sources across the nation.
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The Washington Post: Obama's New Approach to Deficit Reduction To
Include Spending On Entitlements
President Obama this week will lay out a new
approach to reducing the nation's soaring debt, proposing reductions in
spending on entitlements such as Medicare and Medicaid and renewing his
call for tax increases on the rich (Goldfarb, 4/10).
The Associated Press: White House: Obama to Lay Out Spending Plan
President Barack Obama and Congress are shifting
from short-term budget concerns to debates over the nation's long-term
economic future, and everything from Medicare and Medicaid cuts to tax
hikes for the wealthy is on the table (Kellman, 4/11).
The Wall Street Journal: Obama Puts Taxes On Table
In a speech Wednesday, Mr. Obama will propose cuts
to entitlement programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, and changes to
Social Security, a discussion he has largely left to Democrats and
Republicans in Congress. He also will call for tax increases for people
making over $250,000 a year, a proposal contained in his 2012 budget,
and changing parts of the tax code he thinks benefit the wealthy (Lee
and Paletta, 4/11).
The Boston Globe: Obama, GOP Look to Rein In Benefits
President Obama will call this week for new curbs
on Medicare and Medicaid spending, an aide said yesterday, while a top
House Republican predicted that a bipartisan deal on reducing Social
Security costs is possible this summer. "You're going to have to look at
Medicare and Medicaid and see what kind of savings you can get," Obama
adviser David Plouffe said yesterday on NBC's "Meet the Press." The
program was one of several on which he announced Obama's planned speech
Wednesday detailing proposed cuts "with a scalpel, not a machete" in the
long-term deficit (Viser, 4/11).
Politico: Obama to Take On Ryan On Health Costs
President Barack Obama is promising to lay out his
long-awaited ideas on how to restrain Medicare and Medicaid spending
this week just in time to take the spotlight away from Paul Ryan. But
he'll have to do it in a way that doesn't provoke a Democratic revolt or
give the Republicans an easy target. And right now, there aren't a lot
of Democratic ideas on either Medicare or Medicaid that Obama can just
pull off the shelf, dust off and use (Nather, 4/11).
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