Let the Games Begin on Medicare Reform

Just days after President Obama’s full-throated support of defending Medicare from structural reforms in his Inaugural Address, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) yesterday threw down the gauntlet and maintained that reforms are needed in both Medicare and Medicaid in order to reduce the national debt. Hatch, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, laid out five proposals that have enjoyed bipartisan support in the past and should be included in deficit reduction talks. They include raising the Medicare eligibility age, changing Medigap coverage, streamlining Medicare cost-sharing under Parts A and B and adding a catastrophic cap, competitive bidding in Medicare, and Medicaid per capita caps.

Let the Games begin.

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