Debt Proposals Put Off Medicare Cuts To Joint Congressional Committee
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Both House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced debt ceiling bills that would likely leave potential Medicare/Medicaid Rx reductions to a newly created bipartisan 12-member panel.
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