Entitlements how is that sustainable . That is the work somebody mentioned over here, that is the Congressional Budget Office score. Once congress receives that score they will work through that to make certain it is in fact fiscally responsible. Imagine if you would, however a system where the incentives within the system are all to drive down cost, to provide greater choices and cometics for folks and respond to the specific needs of patients. In so doing, what you do is actually get a much more efficient system for the provision and delivery of health care. Its a system we dont have right now because the Previous Administration felt the federal government ought to do all of this. Weve seen what came about when the federal government does all of that. It is increasing premiums. Increasing deductibles, decreasi choices. You have a card that says you got insurance and wa in and cant afford what it is for the doctor trying to take care of you this is not a system working for folks in th
Budget. No one in california in the legislature would be able to vote for this document because this is a madeup document with madeup numbers. It is one of the most fanciful things ive seen in all my years as an elected official and youll see through the markup how outrageous these numbers are. I yield back the balance of my time. Thank you mr. Chairman. I just want to thank all my colleagues on the democratic side for putting forward our critique of the republican budget and laying the ground work for the budget well friend present next week. I thank the ranking members and the other members. We will proceed with the staff walk through of the fiscal year 2016 concurrent resolution on the budget. We need staff to move to the witness stable, please. While staff is getting set, let me remind members this is an opportunity for members to ask questions that are factual and technical in nature. The staff is not here to answer questions or defend policy. Thats our job and well have great opp
Committee, but if theres anybody watching this on television they should run and get anybody whos 55 years or older to come and watch and listen. What they are planning to do is set up an exchange. Now, they dont like exchanges in the Affordable Care act. They went to the Supreme Court over that whole issue. They dont think its good enough for the ordinary folks in the country, but for seniors, theyre going to set up an exchange that they say will be carefully monitored for medicare plans. So it isnt good enough for the rest of the country but were going to take medicare away from the seniors, give them a voucher and send them out to the exchange so they can choose from whatever plan whatevers been advertised or whatever. Now, no one can look at that and think they care anything about the health care of this country. Thats why this budget is dead on arrival. I would now yield to miss grisham. I thank my good friend from washington for yielding. In previous hearings republicans on this
The light to the offers. Unlike the radical turn the gop offers. We want to strengthen and keep the promise of medicare and build on the economic progress we have seen over the past years. I would like to yield my time to the gentlewoman from michigan. Thank you for all the work, the discussion we are all having among ourselves. The budget resolution has many things in it that concerns me. It hurts seniors. It hurts young people. Perhaps most of all, it takes away Economic Opportunities for hardworking families in this country. I am concerned by the assumption that there are some people who dont want to work. In michigan, i know too many people who are looking for jobs and cannot find them, or are working hard just to get ahead working two or three jobs. In michigan, and across the country, people just want the chance to work and the opportunity to earn a fair living. For many years, anyone willing to put in an honest day of work in this country could earn a fair wage. That built the A
Based on that, what policies account for the other 20 billion . We had the repeal of the expansion of the income base program. Over 10 years, that is 16. 3 billion. As you mentioned, it is the in School Interest subsidy for undergraduates. We eliminate the publicsector loan forgiveness program. That is a tenyear savings of 10. 5 billion. As you mentioned, the social Services Block grants which would be 16. 5 billion over the tenure. Over the 10 year period. I have a couple questions on medicare. As i look at the budget over a tenyear window, there is a net medicare reduction of about 184 billion. Is that correct . Yes. Rep. Van hollen thank you. Does the budget assume what is being discussed as a potential agreement on sgr. . That is at 168 billion . Yes. Rep. Van hollen that means if we have a net reduction of 184 we are talking about gross reductions of 359 billion. I want to get a sense of what those reductions in the medicare account are. First of all, as i understand, a piece of t