Specifically, how did CBO game the numbers for the President's health care, projecting these phantom savings in Medicare? Let's face it, we have not implemented the $208 billion worth of SGR cuts yet. Okay, why does anybody think that Congress is going to actually implement the $529 billion worth of the first 10 year cuts. You don't much, much less the $1.6 trillion that will be required to be cutting Medicare in the time frame of 2016, 2025, when the, when the real bill really comes due. (09:30–09:36)
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Asserts skepticism that Congress will implement $529 billion in cuts over the first 10 years.
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