Wiseacre
Retired USAF Chief
That's weird, because your party spend the entire campaign that just ended complaining about 700 billion in Medicare cuts.
My understanding is that under the ACA Obama reduced the payment to HC providers by $716 billion, which didn't actually cut Medicare spending at all. But it did cut the revenue for doctors, nurses, and hospitals, which will result in many providers cutting back on new Medicare patients or limiting that number. You can say Romney was a bit disingenuous, but it's not like Obama wasn't just as bad.
So cutting Medicare spending isn't cutting Medicare spending? Because, yes, Medicare payments to providers is Medicare spending.
Romney was more than "a bit disingenuous". His proposal called for cutting the same amount, but taking it directly out of the pockets of seniors with his voucher program. As if that's not bad enough, he then tries to pretend like his proposal didn't do that.
We're talking about reducing gov't spending here Polk, which Romney's plans have nothing to do with now that he lost. Nice deflection, but it didn't work. Focus on what's going on NOW - Obama and the democrats have NEVER offered anything concrete in the way of lowering entitlement spending. For them it's all about taxe hikes, which is like 8 cents on each deficit dollar. It's ridiculous, and he has the nerve to talk about using more revenue to reduce deficts. Bullshit, it's just more money for him and the dems to spend.