medicaid

In the current effort to reform Obamacare, Republicans are missing a huge opportunity.

In the current effort to reform Obamacare, Republicans are missing a huge opportunity.

The one really good (and really amazing) thing about Obamacare is that the Democrats put a cap on future Medicare spending. This was not a ten-year cap. It goes on forever – essentially restricting Medicare’s growth to the growth of the economy. According to the Medicare Trustees reports, the day Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act he wiped away more than $50 trillion in unfunded Medicare liability.

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Is Obama Trying To Privatize Medicare By Stealth?

Is Obama Trying To Privatize Medicare By Stealth?

Privatizing Medicare is an anathema to the left wing of the Democratic Party. There was a period, back in the 1990s when it appeared that Democrats would cooperate with Republicans in fundamental reform of this entitlement program and it appeared that President Clinton might go along.

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