Medicare Advocates Hit Against McCarthy’s Planned Budget Commission

By Michelle M. Stein / June 5, 2023 at 7:04 PM
The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare is pushing back on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s plans to have a bipartisan budget commission look at all aspects of government spending after the California Republican blamed President Joe Biden for keeping the vast majority of that spending -- including Medicare and Social Security -- off the table during the debt ceiling negotiations. Still, one lobbyist noted the House GOP’s debt ceiling package also did not include Medicare policies and said...


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