CRFB Calls For Fiscal Commission To Tackle Medicare

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is again pushing for a bipartisan fiscal commission to analyze all areas of the budget – including Medicare – for savings, following House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) similar call and coming as the White House claims such a move would overturn politicians’ promises to protect Medicare. Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said Monday (May 12) that borrowing over the past year exceeded $2 trillion, pointing to the...