Trump pledged not to cut Medicare. His new budget calls for $845 billion in cuts.
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:45 pm
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show ... ips-momentTrump’s “Budget for a Better America” also includes dozens of spending cuts and policy overhauls that frame the early stages of the debate for the 2020 election. For example, Trump for the first time calls for cutting $845 billion from Medicare, the popular health care program for the elderly that in the past he had largely said he would protect.
His budget would also propose a major overhaul of Medicaid, the health care program for low-income Americans run jointly with states, by turning more power over to states. This would save $241 billion over 10 years.