Democrats have proposed $500 billion in cuts to Medicare providers over10 years to help pay for the reform bill, arguing they would come fromwaste and abuse. They accused Medicare Advantage, a premium Medicareprogram administered by insurance companies as government contractors,of being too generous to insurance companies.
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and if they cut costs to the insurance companies, what do you think will happen to the benefits?...
yeah, it has nothing to do with the falling dollar...