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Trustees Report Out; W&M To Mark Up Telehealth Extension

By Amy Lotven, Bridget Early, Dorothy Mills-Gregg / May 6, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Medicare’s hospital insurance fund will begin to fall short in 2028 and be fully depleted in 2036, which Medicare Trustee’s note is five years later than last year’s projection but continue to urge Congress and the White House to work together on reforms. The White House responded to the Trustee’s report on Medicare funding by highlighting the president’s push to save the program by increasing taxes on wealthier Americans -- and by contrasting that policy with the Republican Study Committee...


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