… attempts to reduce the rate of growth of Medicare and interestingly back in 2005 when there were some proposals to do just that, but frankly the numbers paled in comparison. About $10 billion in cuts compared to $500 billion in cuts. The majority, the current Majority Leader called those cuts immoral. And I have a long list of comments made by our friends across the aisle, but which stand in stark contrast to the comments that they're making today. (15:22–15:29)
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Asserts that previous Medicare cut proposals were $10 billion compared to current $500 billion cuts.
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