The president has tried to highlight years of Republican proposals that call for scaling back popular — and increasingly expensive — federal programs.
Tag: Medicare
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Why Medicare and Social Security Are Sustainable
Reports of their inevitable collapse are greatly exaggerated.
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Biden’s Promises on Social Security and Medicare Have No Basis in Reality
President Biden’s pledges in his State of the Union speech are almost certainly economically impossible.
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Fixing Social Security and Medicare: Where the Parties Stand
Republicans and Democrats have sharply divergent approaches to repairing the programs. Any solutions will affect younger workers as much as retirees.
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Scott Drops Social Security From Plan as G.O.P. Retreats From Entitlement Cuts
The backtracking by the Florida Republican came after bipartisan criticism and signaled how the G.O.P. has pulled away from calls to overhaul the nation’s entitlement programs.