Republicans give up on Medicare overhaul

By artappraiser on Sun, 06/17/2018 - 8:03pm |

The quiet surrender comes as new projections show Medicare’s trust fund in its worst shape since the recession

By Adam Cancryn & Sarah Ferris @ Politico.com, June 17

[....] The quiet surrender on a subject that’s energized GOP fiscal hawks for the better part of a decade comes as new projections show Medicare’s trust fund in its worst shape since the recession, partly because of Republicans’ other chief obsession: their sweeping tax cuts.

That’s left conservatives unsure how to agitate for a politically unpopular Medicare overhaul — one that President Donald Trump detests — and raises new questions about who will take up the entitlement reform mantle as Ryan heads for the exits [.....]

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/15/republicans-medicare-overhaul-abandoned-623203