Budget Deal Cuts Social Security Disability, Medicare

Posted by | October 27, 2015 11:30 | Filed under: Politics

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The greatly-heralded tentative budget deal reached Monday decreases spending on Social Security and Medicare.

The agreement would raise spending by $80 billion over two years, not including a $32 billion increase included in an emergency war fund. Those increases would be offset by cuts in spending on Medicare and Social Security disability benefits, as well as savings or revenue from an array of other programs, including selling oil from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserves. The Medicare savings would come from cuts in payments to doctors and other health care providers.

…the Social Security Disability Insurance program would be amended, in part to tighten and standardize eligibility requirements that now vary by state. That change was projected to save the government $5 billion.

In addition, the accord calls for eliminating a provision of the Affordable Care Act, not yet in force, that would require businesses with more than 200 employees to automatically enroll their workers for health insurance.

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22 responses to Budget Deal Cuts Social Security Disability, Medicare

  1. tracey marie October 27th, 2015 at 11:45

    War rages on and expands while the poor and disabled are hurt by cuts. Shame on our government, raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy and close loopholes, stop hurting those who need help the most.

    • rg9rts October 27th, 2015 at 11:51

      They don’t care…they got their bennies and $174,000 for a part time job

      • tracey marie October 27th, 2015 at 12:02

        Sad how war and corporations come before the poor and disabled. We are turning into baggerville

      • tracey marie October 27th, 2015 at 12:07

        By the way old man, Happy Birthday…canada has something for you a redhead!

  2. rg9rts October 27th, 2015 at 11:50

    How about subsidies to big oil and agribusiness???????????

  3. Budda October 27th, 2015 at 12:02

    $32 billion for a war fund….I wonder how much is for returning veterans needs?

    • Dwendt44 October 27th, 2015 at 12:23

      The answer starts with a Z.

  4. DownriverDem October 27th, 2015 at 13:31

    Give the Dems a big majority (not just a few votes) and we will see a lot of changes for the good. FDR was able to get things done in his early years because of the huge majority of Dems in the House and Senate.

  5. fahvel October 27th, 2015 at 13:58

    any member of your congress that supported this should be tarred and feathered and them be sterilized in a very unsanitary way – what the hell is wrong with you people?

    • DownriverDem October 27th, 2015 at 14:02

      Did it ever occur to you that it’s you and not us people? This way the RWNJs can’t hold us hostage and hurt our country. This deal will take us through the election campaign. President Obama got almost everything he wanted. That’s a win win if you ask me. Maybe fahvel doesn’t realize he’s on the wrong side.

  6. Denise October 27th, 2015 at 15:32

    doctors and healthcare providers won’t be happy with this. many of them are no longer accepting medicare/medicaid patients because it’s not worth it. if you owe your physician, say, $5,000 and Medicare pays 80%, who pays the other 20%?. Not everybody qualifies for Medicaid or the ACA.

    • tracey marie October 27th, 2015 at 15:42

      everyone can get ACA, not all qualify for subsidies.

  7. ~Yo~Yo~Ma~Ma~ October 27th, 2015 at 15:44

    And so it begins

  8. Anomaly 100 October 27th, 2015 at 16:01

    There are no words.

    • tracey marie October 27th, 2015 at 16:07

      The disabled gets me, medicare is not for the poor so my sympathies aren’t strong.

  9. Roctuna October 27th, 2015 at 18:20

    I am very disappointed in my POTUS and his administration today.

  10. Warman1138 October 27th, 2015 at 21:34

    The American people have once again been beaten and raped and robbed. On a lighter note, segments of the stock market are doing well, the industrial military/complex continues to dominate and it’s even better than before to be the one percent.

  11. granpa.usthai October 28th, 2015 at 00:57

    instead of hurting suffering US CITIZENS more, why not increase their benefits by the 32 billion (emergency war spending) deposits into RepubliKON offshore bank accounts.
    Freeze all RepubliKON offshore bank accounts thereby cutting off monies to ISIS, eliminating the need to send US TROOPS back into Iraq or Syria.
    32 million investment buys a lot of war machine for ISIS – but well worth it if you’re looking at an initial 32 billion return.

  12. Dwendt44 October 28th, 2015 at 11:45

    While I’m sure there are a few, very few, on SSDI that shouldn’t be, I doubt that the number is anywhere near what these right wing nutjobs think.

  13. Kick Frenzy October 28th, 2015 at 13:07

    So, wait… saving 5 billion by hitting Social Security, but spending 32 billion on an emergency war fund, is a good plan?
    Nobody thought… “Hey, maybe we should set aside 27 billion for the emergency fund and use the 5 billion to leave SS alone”?

    Just another reason to vote for Bernie!
    (He said he’d vote against it.)

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