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We're talking about cutting a fraction of is that $5919 billion. as far as the deficit is concerned that is not that huge especially when you take into account the rising cost of medicare and rising cost of social security. those numbers are expected to go up. if those continue to go up it's really not going to help us. that's what a lot of people are saying. we didn't get a comprehensive plan but what the plan is here he's saying is to target any place you can cut, a lot of people saying we need to see more. there needs to be more when the comprehensive plan comes out. >> he said i want you t...

The dollar on every health care dollar. so, we are facing all of us around the table democrat and republicans are facing the fact that there is $919 billion now we are spending on medicare and the federal portion of medicaid. that if things -- i don't see any firewall that is going to keep costs from doubling again, we are going to be talking about in the year, you know, 2019, we are going to be spending $1 trillion, 700 billion if we don't do something to bend that curve. and the fourth point we can agree on which is whether you agree at how it is arrived at, cbo has gone out and scored the v...