Lat Night:ROMNEY: “His $716 billion cut to Medicare to finance Obamacare will both hurt today’s seniors, and depress innovation – and jobs – in medicine.”THE FACTS: The cuts in Obama’s health care law hit hospitals, insurance companies and other service providers — not seniors directly. Those cuts are being phased in over several years, and as yet they do not appear to have harmed the program. The health care law also improved some Medicare benefits, for example, providing assistance to seniors with high prescription costs. And it has launched dozens of experiments to improve the quality of care while keeping costs under control
Lat Night:ROMNEY: “His $716 billion cut to Medicare to finance Obamacare will both hurt today’s seniors, and depress innovation – and jobs – in medicine.”THE FACTS: The cuts in Obama’s health care law hit hospitals, insurance companies and other service providers — not seniors directly. Those cuts are being phased in over several years, and as yet they do not appear to have harmed the program. The health care law also improved some Medicare benefits, for example, providing assistance to seniors with high prescription costs. And it has launched dozens of experiments to improve the quality of care while keeping costs under control