Having secured “draconian” cuts in a last-minute budget deal last week, House Republicans are hyping House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) new “Path to Prosperity” plan. The proposal professes to reform programs like Medicare and Medicaid to rein in spending by $6.2 trillion over the next decade. But as the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein notes, [...]
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Rep. Paul Ryan (Jason Reed/Reuters) The CBO has analyzed Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal, finding what we already knew: it cuts Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP and Social Security, in some instances, quite deeply. Medicaid and SCHIP fund... Read Post
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) has released a new version of his ‘Path To Prosperity’ budget that makes significant concessions from Ryan’s original plan to privatize the Medicare program, but would still take us down a fair... Read Post
Republican Rep. Paul Ryan calls his budget plan “A Path To Prosperity.” Ryan’s proposal calls for big cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and other key federal programs, all while carving out more room for even deeper tax cuts for the wealt... Read Post