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The Obama approach involves (at best) doing nothing to change our long-term fiscal problems, because it cuts Medicare by $716 billion in order to fund $1.9 trillion in new health care spending. The Romney and Ryan approaches involve resolving our long-term fiscal problems, by stabilizing entitlements and reducing the deficit.
Obamacare emphasizes government control and central planning. The law empowers a panel of 15 unelected government officials, called the Independent Payment Advisory Board, to make changes to the Medicare program that will reduce Medicare spending: primarily paying doctors and hospitals less, as is done with the Medicaid program. Over time, liberal health-policy types hope that IPAB can be used to introduce rationing into Medicare, using the panel to determine what types of procedures and treatments that Medicare will and will not pay for.
Yes, Obamacare Cuts Medicare More Than President Romney Would - Forbes
President Obama in 2009 Pledged to Veto Attempts to Undo Medicare Cuts - ABC News
Obamacare emphasizes government control and central planning. The law empowers a panel of 15 unelected government officials, called the Independent Payment Advisory Board, to make changes to the Medicare program that will reduce Medicare spending: primarily paying doctors and hospitals less, as is done with the Medicaid program. Over time, liberal health-policy types hope that IPAB can be used to introduce rationing into Medicare, using the panel to determine what types of procedures and treatments that Medicare will and will not pay for.
Yes, Obamacare Cuts Medicare More Than President Romney Would - Forbes
President Obama in 2009 Pledged to Veto Attempts to Undo Medicare Cuts - ABC News