Brady, Alexander Push For Medicare Reforms In Light Of CBO Report

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be exhausted in 2026, and House Ways & Means Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Senate health committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) say that should spur health care reforms. Brady says Ways & Means will move ahead with hospital and post-acute care reforms, while Alexander suggests President Obama push reforms from a 2013 GOP bill based on Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposals that would cut health spending by $689...