Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Health Secretary Nominee May Cut Programs
The New York Times' AP feed reports that Bush's HHS Nominee May Cut Programs"Michael Leavitt, President Bush's choice to be secretary of Health and Human Services, may have to cut billions of dollars from the government's mammoth health programs for the elderly, poor and disabled to pare the budget deficit.
The Medicare and Medicaid programs, consuming nearly $500 billion a year and growing quickly, could be vulnerable in the context of last year's $413 billion budget deficit, the ongoing war in Iraq, costly domestic security commitments and administration plans to revamp Social Security without raising taxes." Buried in the article is this nice little statement from an unnamed Radical Republican congressional aide, "If Congress undertakes serious budget cutting next year, Medicare and Medicaid would be unlikely to escape." The Radical Republican strategy of starving the poor and needy is starting to unfold.
The New York Times' AP feed reports that Bush's HHS Nominee May Cut Programs
The Medicare and Medicaid programs, consuming nearly $500 billion a year and growing quickly, could be vulnerable in the context of last year's $413 billion budget deficit, the ongoing war in Iraq, costly domestic security commitments and administration plans to revamp Social Security without raising taxes." Buried in the article is this nice little statement from an unnamed Radical Republican congressional aide, "If Congress undertakes serious budget cutting next year, Medicare and Medicaid would be unlikely to escape." The Radical Republican strategy of starving the poor and needy is starting to unfold.