Fiscal Hawks Urge Trump To Include Medicare Reforms In Budget

By Michelle M. Stein / February 23, 2017 at 4:08 PM
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget says President Donald Trump should propose Medicare and Social Security reforms in his “skinny budget” that is expected soon. Trump during his campaign promised not to cut Medicare. “The President’s first budget is a critical opportunity to translate campaign promises into policy proposals and show how those proposals will affect the government’s bottom line. Historically, many of the policies from the first budgets of past presidents were eventually enacted into law in some...


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