Medicare Advocates Worry Tax Bill Sets The Stage For Medicare, Medicaid Cuts

The Medicare Rights Center and Center for Medicare Advocacy are concerned the House GOP's tax overhaul legislation could be setting up cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. “Even while the precise provisions of the bill remain in flux, and the Senate has not yet introduced its tax cut bill, the danger to our social safety net is clear,” Center for Medicare Advocacy Executive Director Judy Stein and Medicare Rights Center President Joe Baker say. Stein and Baker say the...