Argument: Congress will not ultimately cut Medicare to pay for reform

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William McKenzie. “Senate health bill should either be defeated or rewritten.” Dallas News. January 21, 2009: “we consistently have warned about during this debate: The proposal still relies upon about half of its $871 billion financing through cuts in Medicare. […] The real problem with these cuts is that they are very, very unlikely to occur. Over the last decade, Congress has shown a distinct unwillingness to make good on cuts to Medicare. Last month, the House voted to walk on $200 billion in promised cuts.”