US EditionSenate GOP talks cutting Medicare ‘waste, fraud’ to offset cost of Trump tax bill
- Senate Republicans are discussing cutting waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare as part of efforts to offset the cost of President Trump's tax bill in 2023.
- This focus follows Republicans' past emphasis on Medicaid savings and the need to reduce the $2.4 trillion projected deficit increase from the bill passed by the House.
- Key issues include auditing Medicare Advantage plans for upcoding, which inflates costs, with bipartisan support for reforms and ongoing Senate Finance Committee debates.
- Medicare fraud costs Medicare about $60 billion annually, and programs like the Senior Medicare Patrol urge beneficiaries to detect and report fraud during Medicare Fraud Prevention Week starting June 5.
- The talks imply possible Medicare savings, but Republicans face political risks, Democratic opposition, and caution from some GOP senators about harming beneficiaries ahead of the 2024 midterms.
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Senate Republicans Ready To Grab Third Rail Of American Politics, Drown It In Bathtub
That time Donald Trump went to The Villages in Florida in 2019 to sign an executive order ‘protecting’ Medicare. Trump White House, Public domain.Now that the House has sent the Senate its budget-busting Big Beautiful Blowjobs for Billionaires Bill, with huge tax cuts for the rich and huge cuts to healthcare and food assistance for low-income folks, it’s the Senate Republicans’ turn to take their own chainsaws to the things Americans like and ne…
Several Republican senators underline the cost of Medicare Advantage programs as wasteful
Medicare cuts in play as Senate GOP hones budget bill
With deficit concerns top of mind as Senate Republicans go deep into reconciliation bill-drafting mode, Medicare is increasingly coming up as a potential pay-for, particularly with several GOP senators looking to scale back the size of proposed Medicaid and food stamp cuts while expanding some tax breaks. The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday confirmed the cost of the House-passed budget package would approach $3 trillion over a decade onc…
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