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talk aboutet's medicare. what does this deal say about medicare? guest: this is where it gets complex. [laughter] the bureau of labor statistics say there is little to no inflation last year, there is cost-of-living adjustment for social security beneficiaries. there are a lot of medicare recipients who have their medicare essentially taken out of their social security checks. that is not ase, problem. there is a small subset, though, of medicare recipients who would face a problem in that their premium would go up, basically $160. about $105 to would behind in medicare beneficiaries, newer ones, or ones whose premiums are paid by medicaid. that would make it must to difficult. the idea here would be and said it 105, 160, to make a , and what they would do it would be andlocating between funds, then in 2016, basically take a small degree of money, three dollars for some of those in the small group be effective, and have been sort of repay this loan, this kind of intergovernmental loan from one hand of the government through the other, basically, to
talk aboutet's medicare. what does this deal say about medicare? guest: this is where it gets complex. [laughter] the bureau of labor statistics say there is little to no inflation last year, there is cost-of-living adjustment for social security beneficiaries. there are a lot of medicare recipients who have their medicare essentially taken out of their social security checks. that is not ase, problem. there is a small subset, though, of medicare recipients who would face a problem in that...
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it's good that we're taking care of the medicare benefit increases -- the cost of the interest on medicare. it's important, very important, of course, that we avoid the default on our debt ceiling coming up momentarily. all of these things you heard about in this debate are great, but for me, the two years that we have now to get back on regular order and stop lurching from crisis to crisis, to stop that business, this bill will give us that great chance. so i urge members to support the bill. it's a good one. it's not perfect. not ideal by any stretch of the imagination but it's the best we can do and the alternative would be disaster. i urge an aye vote and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: all time for general debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 495, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the motion by the gentleman from kentucky, mr. rogers. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are reque
it's good that we're taking care of the medicare benefit increases -- the cost of the interest on medicare. it's important, very important, of course, that we avoid the default on our debt ceiling coming up momentarily. all of these things you heard about in this debate are great, but for me, the two years that we have now to get back on regular order and stop lurching from crisis to crisis, to stop that business, this bill will give us that great chance. so i urge members to support the bill....
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cole about the issue of medicare fraud. there is medicare fraud. traded jose by doctors and a few hospitals out there -- perpetrated by doctors. we need to go after that fraud. interestingly, the money to go after it was cut by the republican congress. they reduced the money that the irs needed to investigate those doctors and hospitals that were thought to be defrauding the system. the police and money was cut. -- policing money was cut. it is our task to make sure that the benefits necessary for those who are in need are adequate. as a democrat, we will continue to fight for that. we will also fight for jobs. that takes us back to the transportation infrastructure which is the premier job program. we could put millions of americans immediately to work , full somest, strong trance rotation infrastructure -- transportation infrastructure program. that is our task right now. the senate bill does not do it, the house bill does not do it. it continues the current mediocrity that has caused 63 bridges -- 62 3000 bridges and america to become an adequat
cole about the issue of medicare fraud. there is medicare fraud. traded jose by doctors and a few hospitals out there -- perpetrated by doctors. we need to go after that fraud. interestingly, the money to go after it was cut by the republican congress. they reduced the money that the irs needed to investigate those doctors and hospitals that were thought to be defrauding the system. the police and money was cut. -- policing money was cut. it is our task to make sure that the benefits necessary...
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there is a longstanding tradition that says changes in medicare policy should be for strengthening medicare in the future. the same principle goes for social security. yet twice now these vital programs have been used to fund budget deals, and medicare sequestration is sticking around long past its original expiration date. this legislation preventing a calamitous default is coming down to the wire, and i would tell colleagues, this is a must-pass bill. i support it, and i would urge democrats and republicans to do so as well. i would also say, we talk about where we go from here. it is important to recognize that medicare and social security must not be used as a.t.m.'s for other spending in the future. the bottom line has to be that the process of reaching a budget and keeping the lights on in this wonderful institution, the people's branch, keeping the lights on and the process of reaching a budget has to change. the congress cannot continue to just go from crisis to crisis to crisis. it's our job as lawmakers, working with a bipartisan way, to set the right temperature in our economy wi
there is a longstanding tradition that says changes in medicare policy should be for strengthening medicare in the future. the same principle goes for social security. yet twice now these vital programs have been used to fund budget deals, and medicare sequestration is sticking around long past its original expiration date. this legislation preventing a calamitous default is coming down to the wire, and i would tell colleagues, this is a must-pass bill. i support it, and i would urge democrats...
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you have to beg people paying fica taxes and medicare taxes. a great trade-off. here's what republicans have to do. we have to eliminate deductions in the tax codes that maybe -- many of us enjoy. $1.2 trillion given away and deductions. we will have to bring some of that money back into the treasury. we will have to put it on debt and violate pledges that all of us have signed. have you heard the grover northman pledge? i like grover. here's what he said. if you eliminated the second home interested action, -- interest deduction, you would have to take on the money to abide out tax rates. the problem, no democrat is going to get into the age of retirement. what simpson bowles requires is for republicans to eliminate the deduction, take some of the revenue to pay down debt, and what the democratic friends have to do in return, we have to adjust the age of retirement. we are living so much longer. we have to ask people of my income level, i make $175,000 per year. i am not saying i am worth it. we will ask upper income americans to take smaller benefits, not the a
you have to beg people paying fica taxes and medicare taxes. a great trade-off. here's what republicans have to do. we have to eliminate deductions in the tax codes that maybe -- many of us enjoy. $1.2 trillion given away and deductions. we will have to bring some of that money back into the treasury. we will have to put it on debt and violate pledges that all of us have signed. have you heard the grover northman pledge? i like grover. here's what he said. if you eliminated the second home...
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for their medicare number? mr. kaufman: that is correct and they will not ask for your bank account information in particular. mr. kennedy: and insurance agents are not allowed to visit your home to sell or endorse any medicare products, is that right? mr. kaufman: that is my understanding. but i would have to verify that and get back to you if that's ok. mr. kennedy: my understanding as well. thank you. what should consumers do if they or someone they know has receive one of these fake medicare solicitations? mr. kaufman: hopefully they've not provided their information. if they have, they should contact their bank immediately and try to rectify the situation. they should also file a complaint with the f.t.c. at ftc.gov/complaint. mr. kennedy: thank you very much. any of the other witnesses have anything to add? with that i yield back. yeah, absolutely. ms. schakowsky: i was just going to dig in my purse for my medicare card. every once in a while we hear from people who say, how come social security numbers a
for their medicare number? mr. kaufman: that is correct and they will not ask for your bank account information in particular. mr. kennedy: and insurance agents are not allowed to visit your home to sell or endorse any medicare products, is that right? mr. kaufman: that is my understanding. but i would have to verify that and get back to you if that's ok. mr. kennedy: my understanding as well. thank you. what should consumers do if they or someone they know has receive one of these fake...
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we have protected medicare and social security. athink it is really disingenuous representation that some have said we cut benefits. we have not. processing to ensure that the people who need the benefits get them. and those who need social security disability i adding a doctor. as a member of congress, i will on -- let out to work me finally say, i have been sequestered since it didn't work. they never made a budget deal. we have been harmed ever since. national institutions have lost money. we have a balance of an $80 billion plus defense spending. for ready miss, not going to work, but ready miss for our military. spending,cretionary which is a real service, education, head start, the environment, i just couldn't pass that up to be able to help the american people. host: the social security disability provision that requires a medical doctor to sign off on the disability, 20 states have it, we heard from viewers yesterday that some of them -- it took them three years to navigate the process to finally get disability insurance. o
we have protected medicare and social security. athink it is really disingenuous representation that some have said we cut benefits. we have not. processing to ensure that the people who need the benefits get them. and those who need social security disability i adding a doctor. as a member of congress, i will on -- let out to work me finally say, i have been sequestered since it didn't work. they never made a budget deal. we have been harmed ever since. national institutions have lost money....
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to pay the burden for all medicare recipients for the cost increases. we have a provision in place that holds harmless people who get no increase in their medicare -- in their social security payments, and they're premium om increase of increase. but not so for the 30%. these are the people who are facing a 52% increase in that rt b premium, over $54 a month. now, remember, nobody gets an increase in their social security, and there's going to be about a $76 increase per month in the deductible. a typical medicare beneficiary ays almost $5,000 per year for premiums, cost sharing and other services that aren't covered by insurance. for many, that's not an unreasonable contribution for their health care, but not for everyone. more than half the neficiaries have incomes $24,150. ese 30%, the 7.7 million who will pay -- pick up the slack for everyone else are going to be facing a significant impact given their low incomes. it doesn't actually have to be this way. there are proposals that are available for congress to deal with. representative dina titus, re
to pay the burden for all medicare recipients for the cost increases. we have a provision in place that holds harmless people who get no increase in their medicare -- in their social security payments, and they're premium om increase of increase. but not so for the 30%. these are the people who are facing a 52% increase in that rt b premium, over $54 a month. now, remember, nobody gets an increase in their social security, and there's going to be about a $76 increase per month in the...
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the medicare part b programs do not apply to medicare part d in perception drugs. also, supplemental insurance, people might be paying more for that. and third, he raises a really big issue. older americans and advocates for them are concerned that this measure of inflation does not accurately reflect their costs. energy prices have a big impact on this. lower gas prices are a lot of why we do not have a cola. there was a huge spike in gas prices in 2008. that made for a very big cola in 2009. those gas prices plummeted by january and were back to normal, but people still got a nice big increase and were happy about it. though, happen here, too. gas prices could be right back up where they were and you will still not get a cola. , sociald the headline security increases likely -- unlike the next year, blame gas prices. next.s up go ahead, mary. hello. i am probably a little bit off-topic. i had questions about the windfall provision. it cut into my social security regular benefits, cut them in half due to a pension i received. and i'm still below the poverty level.
the medicare part b programs do not apply to medicare part d in perception drugs. also, supplemental insurance, people might be paying more for that. and third, he raises a really big issue. older americans and advocates for them are concerned that this measure of inflation does not accurately reflect their costs. energy prices have a big impact on this. lower gas prices are a lot of why we do not have a cola. there was a huge spike in gas prices in 2008. that made for a very big cola in 2009....
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nobodylike medicare, stops that from going up. it goes up every year. your benefits dropped as well. there are a lot of things that congress needs to do to fix the problem. yearu make over $150,000 a in retirement in the -- and retirement benefits, i don't think you need social security benefits. how much is social security part of your retirement planning? 100%.: unfortunately, i'm trying to save the savings that i built up over the years. with the increases in health medicare, itce, increases with all the bills. that is dwindling away. host: do you mind sharing with us how much the monthly check is from social security? caller: i would rather not. host: that is fine. barely it is enough to pay the bills without all the other increases. i am probably having to go stand in line somewhere and get a job. your benefits are capped with that as well. you can make a certain amount before it affects your social security benefit payments. you are kind of at a quandary. host: i appreciate you sharing your experience with us. carney is capitol hill reporter for "
nobodylike medicare, stops that from going up. it goes up every year. your benefits dropped as well. there are a lot of things that congress needs to do to fix the problem. yearu make over $150,000 a in retirement in the -- and retirement benefits, i don't think you need social security benefits. how much is social security part of your retirement planning? 100%.: unfortunately, i'm trying to save the savings that i built up over the years. with the increases in health medicare, itce, increases...
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it's good that we're taking care of the medicare benefit increases -- the cost of the interest on medicare. it's important, very important, of course, that we avoid the default on our debt ceiling coming up momentarily. all of these things you heard about in this debate are great, but for me, the two years that we have now to get back on regular order and stop lurching from crisis to crisis, to stop that business, this bill will give us that great chance. so i urge members to support the bill. it's a good one. it's not perfect. not ideal by any stretch of the imagination but it's the best we can do an >> tomorrow, the houseboats for the next speaker of the house. paul ryan and the -- nancy pelosi are the two candidates. c-span, remarks by abby wambach. then remarks by paul ryan. author andlowed by politics professor matthew green on the role of the speaker of the house. >> on the next "washington journal," sheila jackson lee of texas talks about the budget deal passed in the house and the house speaker election. we get more on the budget deal dent ofrles pence -- pennsylvania. join the con
it's good that we're taking care of the medicare benefit increases -- the cost of the interest on medicare. it's important, very important, of course, that we avoid the default on our debt ceiling coming up momentarily. all of these things you heard about in this debate are great, but for me, the two years that we have now to get back on regular order and stop lurching from crisis to crisis, to stop that business, this bill will give us that great chance. so i urge members to support the bill....
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soon i will talk about medicaid and medicare. medicare is a critical program that is running out of money. we will have things to say about this in the next couple weeks. but no body balanced more budgets or proposed more. i have written 18 of them so i am just starting to get good. in terms of young people like in your state we have a medicare issue. i expanded medicare because i want to help the mentally ill and the drug addicted get on their feet. but at the same time, we believe in early childhood education. it is a question of balance. we invested a ton of money in k-12 education. you cannot ignore your seed corn. you cannot ignore your young. we believe in mentoring programs in the schools. we believe early childhood education is so critical because it allows the brain to develop when kids are young. it is all about balance. isn't life all about balance? how do you help this and not oliterate that. economic growth is the most important thing for everybody in the country. if you don't have economic growth, it is amazing how
soon i will talk about medicaid and medicare. medicare is a critical program that is running out of money. we will have things to say about this in the next couple weeks. but no body balanced more budgets or proposed more. i have written 18 of them so i am just starting to get good. in terms of young people like in your state we have a medicare issue. i expanded medicare because i want to help the mentally ill and the drug addicted get on their feet. but at the same time, we believe in early...
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people paying fica taxes and medicare taxes. simpson bowles is a great trade-off. here's what republicans have to do. we have to eliminate deductions in the tax code that many of us enjoy. $1.2 trillion per year given away in deductions. we have to bring some of that back to the treasury and put it on debt and violate pledges that all of us have signed. have you heard of the grover norquist pledge? i like grover and here's what he said. if you eliminate a deduction like second-home interested action, but if you eliminate that, under the plate you would have to take all the money to buy down tax rates. the problem is no democrat will get in the room to adjust the age of retirement or benefits. what simpson bowles requires is for republicans to eliminate deductions, take some revenue to pay down debt, and what our democratic friends have to do in return? adjust the age retirement because we are living so much longer and we have to ask people and come levels, i make $175,000 a year, i'm not saying i'm worth it but that's what we pa
people paying fica taxes and medicare taxes. simpson bowles is a great trade-off. here's what republicans have to do. we have to eliminate deductions in the tax code that many of us enjoy. $1.2 trillion per year given away in deductions. we have to bring some of that back to the treasury and put it on debt and violate pledges that all of us have signed. have you heard of the grover norquist pledge? i like grover and here's what he said. if you eliminate a deduction like second-home interested...
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medicare, medicaid, and social security. i am from florida. there are a lot of people there on medicare and social security. one of them happens to be my mother. i can say this unequivocably, i am against changes that for my mother. i'm against changes bad for people like her. we can save social security and medicare without changing anything for her, people like her that are retired, or people about to retire. here's the truth people can startt people need to acknowledging. my medicare and social security and for those younger than me will be different than it works for our parents and people on it now. it has to either not exist or be different. what army by different? i may have to retire sooner than my parents. my benefits if i made money will not grow as fast as they did for the people that are on it now. my medicare benefits could be the option of taking that and using it to buy a private plan i like better. that is not too much to ask to me at 44, after everything my 85-year-old mother did for us. i set her age, she will get mad. my old
medicare, medicaid, and social security. i am from florida. there are a lot of people there on medicare and social security. one of them happens to be my mother. i can say this unequivocably, i am against changes that for my mother. i'm against changes bad for people like her. we can save social security and medicare without changing anything for her, people like her that are retired, or people about to retire. here's the truth people can startt people need to acknowledging. my medicare and...
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it's good that we're taking care of the medicare benefit increases -- the cost of the interest on medicare. it's important, very important, of course, that we avoid the default on our debt ceiling coming up momentarily. all of these things you heard about in this debate are great, but for me, the two years that we have now to get back on regular order and stop lurching from crisis to crisis, to stop that business, this bill will give us that great chance. so i urge members to support the bill. it's a good one. it's not perfect. not ideal by any stretch of the imagination but it's the best we can do and the live coverage as the houseboats starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. announcer: the final vote on the budget deal was 106-267. the u.s. borrowing authority through march of 2017 and avoids another shutdown. you can read the 144 page, two-year, $80 billion budget deal on our website, c-span.org. coming up on c-span, remarks by u.s. women's world cup champion england back. wambach.ack -- journal,xt washington representative sewell jackson of -- sheila jackson lee texas talks about the
it's good that we're taking care of the medicare benefit increases -- the cost of the interest on medicare. it's important, very important, of course, that we avoid the default on our debt ceiling coming up momentarily. all of these things you heard about in this debate are great, but for me, the two years that we have now to get back on regular order and stop lurching from crisis to crisis, to stop that business, this bill will give us that great chance. so i urge members to support the bill....
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under part b of medicare, pharmacists are excluded of providers under medicare part b. this is something that is going to have to change. regardless of how you might feel about the affordable care act. regardless of how you might feel what's our state of health care here in america now, one thing is for certain, we are going to have to utilize all disciplines in health care to improve our system. e are going to have to utilize nurses, physicians assist ants and make use of all of those. make no mistake about it. doctors remain the quarterback and are the captains of the team. we have to have them. but these services that have been provided in the old model where doctors did everything and the other health care professionals didn't participate, in order for health care to sustain. we've got to utilize these. my wife is a physical therapist. physical therapists who are graduating are so clinically-on the parted and they can do so much more. and that's something that we have toe do. that's why it is vitally important that we have provider status for pharmacists. physicians
under part b of medicare, pharmacists are excluded of providers under medicare part b. this is something that is going to have to change. regardless of how you might feel about the affordable care act. regardless of how you might feel what's our state of health care here in america now, one thing is for certain, we are going to have to utilize all disciplines in health care to improve our system. e are going to have to utilize nurses, physicians assist ants and make use of all of those. make no...
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it regularizes payments to medicare for care given in outpatient facilities. finally, the agreement raises the spending caps for two years for domestic spending. not only for defense priorities as some have earlier proposed. so i just want to repeat that so it's clear. the agreement raises the ending caps for two years for both domestic and defense spending. that means we can better fund critical domestic programs that were cut under sequestration, increasing support for education health research, food safety, job trainingand health care for veterans. this was a product of a lot of effort. of members, of staff, and various committees. the leadership. on a bipartisan basis working with the administration. i just want to leave expressing my support and expressing that we will truly have a broad, bipartisan vote for this bill today. i yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from maryland reserves. and the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i yield three minutes t
it regularizes payments to medicare for care given in outpatient facilities. finally, the agreement raises the spending caps for two years for domestic spending. not only for defense priorities as some have earlier proposed. so i just want to repeat that so it's clear. the agreement raises the ending caps for two years for both domestic and defense spending. that means we can better fund critical domestic programs that were cut under sequestration, increasing support for education health...
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let's talk about medicare. what does this deal say about medicare? guest: well, this is where it gets a bit complex. because the bureau of labor statistics said there was essentially very little inflation last year, there's no cost-of-living adjustment for social security beneficiaries. a lot of medicare recipients have their medicare essentially taken out of their social security checks. for 70% of those, that's not a problem. there's a small subset, though, of medicare recipients who would face a problem in that their premium would go up basically from about $105 to about $160. most of those would be high income beneficiaries, medicare beneficiaries, newer ones or ones whose premiums are paid by medicaid. and so basically to kind of make that hit much less fficult, the idea here is to stead make it from $105 to $160, to smooth it out, go up to about $120. what they would do, some reallocating between funds and then starting in 2016 basically take a small degree of money, $3 for some of those in that maul group that would be affected and have them s
let's talk about medicare. what does this deal say about medicare? guest: well, this is where it gets a bit complex. because the bureau of labor statistics said there was essentially very little inflation last year, there's no cost-of-living adjustment for social security beneficiaries. a lot of medicare recipients have their medicare essentially taken out of their social security checks. for 70% of those, that's not a problem. there's a small subset, though, of medicare recipients who would...
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we cut medicare cost. we have to buy policies. we have to buy secondary policies. we do not have a choice because we will not be able to go to a doctor. we will not be able to go to a hospital. we will lose everything we have. you cannot tell me that not putting a debt ceiling would solve anything but trying to get the president to work with congress. his problem is that he does not want to work with congress. congress passes the bills and then he stops them because he says it is either his way or just does not work. and that is not a way to work for the american people. you are not working for the american people. you are working for politics. thank you. i think the problem with our federal budget is that there are really crucial programs like social security and medicare that are projected to grow faster than the economy will grow for we have a lot more people who will be getting benefits from them. we have this aging of the population. the baby boom generation is retiring and leaving the workforce, leaving less workers in the workforce to pay taxes and support t
we cut medicare cost. we have to buy policies. we have to buy secondary policies. we do not have a choice because we will not be able to go to a doctor. we will not be able to go to a hospital. we will lose everything we have. you cannot tell me that not putting a debt ceiling would solve anything but trying to get the president to work with congress. his problem is that he does not want to work with congress. congress passes the bills and then he stops them because he says it is either his way...
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you've asked a good question about medicare so let's talk about medicare but we have to broaden that discussion a little bit to talk about health care in america and here are the simple facts -- the united states today spends far more per capita, per person, on health care than do the people of any other country. that's just the fact. and despite the gain fips of the affordable care act where some 15 million more americans now have health insurance. we have 29 million in this country who have zero health insurance and many people are under insured with high detectable and high co-payments and sometimes they just don't get to the doctor because they will can't afford to pay for their deduct blings. in my view, and i know not everybody agrees with me, but in my view, the united states of america has got to join every other major industrialized country on earth and guarantee health care to all people as a right not a privilege. those of us who live in new hampshire and vermont, we border canada, and canada has managed to provide health care to every man, woman, and child in their countr
you've asked a good question about medicare so let's talk about medicare but we have to broaden that discussion a little bit to talk about health care in america and here are the simple facts -- the united states today spends far more per capita, per person, on health care than do the people of any other country. that's just the fact. and despite the gain fips of the affordable care act where some 15 million more americans now have health insurance. we have 29 million in this country who have...
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an almost 50% increase in medicare premiums for many of our seniors. that's the reality of what happens in if we do nothing. -- happens if we do nothing. mr. speaker, i'm encouraged by a number of provisions in this legislation. first, just like the bipartisan budget act of 2013, this legislation sets forth two years of budget certainty for the appropriations committee. that certainty puts us on a path to ensure consideration of full year spending bills for the next two years, just as we were able to accomplish this past fiscal year. in addition, this budget certainty provides the needed investment for our military. with the ongoing conflicts across the middle east, russian activity in eastern europe and chinese claims in the south china sea, it's clear more than ever that america needs a robust military. mr. speaker, more importantly, all these discretionary increases are fully paid for by offsets. in addition to these critical investments, this makes a number of commonsense structural reforms to ssdi, like requiring a medical review before rewarding
an almost 50% increase in medicare premiums for many of our seniors. that's the reality of what happens in if we do nothing. -- happens if we do nothing. mr. speaker, i'm encouraged by a number of provisions in this legislation. first, just like the bipartisan budget act of 2013, this legislation sets forth two years of budget certainty for the appropriations committee. that certainty puts us on a path to ensure consideration of full year spending bills for the next two years, just as we were...
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that is a single-payer, medicare for all, health-care system. that is the difference between sanders and the republicans were basically privately happy for the insurance companies to make off like bandits and for people to die because they do not have health care. but it also contrasts with the neoliberal capitalist democratic party politicians who are really closely aligned with wall street and the pharmaceutical industries. the sanders program would benefit everyone, everybody would be an, nobody would be out. there would be much lower administrative costs. it would save us money and provide health care to everyone. that is really what socialism is about. so this idea that there are some problems -- there is society at that there are problems that individuals cannot confront a loan that we are all in this together and we can find solutions that will benefit everyone more efficiently. those are two things that were -- really stood out to me. host: maria svart is joining us from new york, she is a graduate of the university of chicago. she spent
that is a single-payer, medicare for all, health-care system. that is the difference between sanders and the republicans were basically privately happy for the insurance companies to make off like bandits and for people to die because they do not have health care. but it also contrasts with the neoliberal capitalist democratic party politicians who are really closely aligned with wall street and the pharmaceutical industries. the sanders program would benefit everyone, everybody would be an,...
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you talk about medicare and social security. why don't you ever talk about section eight, food stamps? why do people keep having five or six or seven kids they know they can't pay for? after two kids, you know your situation is not any better. they need to enforce the section eight rules better. pay for a mother and her kids to live there, not some gang banger in baltimore to have somewhere to lay up all day and then do crime all night. and why do we even need food stamps anymore? kids eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at school. why do we need food stamps? if they say their kids are going to be hungry if they don't get them, somebody needs to go to jail because they are not treating their kids with them. the reality is that in this economy, many people are falling through the cracks through no fault of their own. people look for work and are not able to find it. because of low wages, people are scrambling between two or three jobs just to make ends meet. so people around the country all want to do the right thing. we need to mak
you talk about medicare and social security. why don't you ever talk about section eight, food stamps? why do people keep having five or six or seven kids they know they can't pay for? after two kids, you know your situation is not any better. they need to enforce the section eight rules better. pay for a mother and her kids to live there, not some gang banger in baltimore to have somewhere to lay up all day and then do crime all night. and why do we even need food stamps anymore? kids eat...
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protecting seniors on the part b medicare and all paid for. he'd be first to tell you, wasn't the way he wanted to get there and he'd wanted to do more but in divided government checks and balances in a polarized political atmosphere, it's a pretty extraordinary accomplishment and john boehner is the guy that made it happen. >> all right. guys. one side. keep the hallway clear. host: congressman tom cole of oklahoma who led the initial debate on the two-year budget deal. the house will come back shortly and have general debate. paul ryan has been selected by the conference to be their speaker. the vote 200 for paul ryan, 43 for daniel webster. one vote apiece for marsha blackburn of tennessee and the current majority leader kevin mccarthy. love to hear your reaction on phone. also on twitter. if you tweet us @c-span. a tweet here from karen that says we need to be done with separate parties. start over as one. was all open minded and works with us, the people. no more party rulers. ryan will not be able to control the g.o.p. three-headed monst
protecting seniors on the part b medicare and all paid for. he'd be first to tell you, wasn't the way he wanted to get there and he'd wanted to do more but in divided government checks and balances in a polarized political atmosphere, it's a pretty extraordinary accomplishment and john boehner is the guy that made it happen. >> all right. guys. one side. keep the hallway clear. host: congressman tom cole of oklahoma who led the initial debate on the two-year budget deal. the house will...
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we cut medicare cost. we have to buy policies. we have to buy secondary policies. we do not have a choice because we will not be able to go to a doctor. we will not be able to go to a hospital. we will lose everything we have. you cannot tell me that not putting a debt ceiling would solve anything but trying to get the president to work with congress. his problem is that he does not want to work with congress. congress passes the bills and then he stops them because he says it is either his way or just does not work. and that is not a way to work for the american people. you are not working for the american people. you are working for politics. thank you. i think the problem with our federal budget is that there are really crucial programs like social security and medicare that are projected to grow faster than the economy will grow for we have a lot more people who will be getting benefits from them. we have this aging of the population. the baby boom generation is retiring and leaving the workforce, leaving less workers in the workforce to pay taxes and support t
we cut medicare cost. we have to buy policies. we have to buy secondary policies. we do not have a choice because we will not be able to go to a doctor. we will not be able to go to a hospital. we will lose everything we have. you cannot tell me that not putting a debt ceiling would solve anything but trying to get the president to work with congress. his problem is that he does not want to work with congress. congress passes the bills and then he stops them because he says it is either his way...
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medicare, medicaid, and social security. florida. you may or may not know this, there's a lot of people in on medicare and social security. one of them is my mother. i can say i am against any changes that are bad for my mother. i am against any changes that are bad for people like her. here's the good news. we can save social security and medicare without changing anything for her, people like her, or even people that are about to retire. truth that people need to start acknowledging. and the social security and the ones of people younger than me is going to be it workedthan the way for our parents. it either won't exist or it will be different. why do i mean by different? i may have to retire a year later than my parents did. my social security benefits if i've made money are not going to grow as fast for the people that are on it now. my medicare benefits could be the option of taking that and a privatet to buy plan that i like better. that's not too much to ask of me. 44 after everything my 85-year-old mother did for us. i just s
medicare, medicaid, and social security. florida. you may or may not know this, there's a lot of people in on medicare and social security. one of them is my mother. i can say i am against any changes that are bad for my mother. i am against any changes that are bad for people like her. here's the good news. we can save social security and medicare without changing anything for her, people like her, or even people that are about to retire. truth that people need to start acknowledging. and the...
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soon i will talk about medicaid and medicare. medicare is a critical program that is running out of money. we will have things to say about this in the next couple weeks. but no body balanced more budgets or proposed more. i have written 18 of them so i am just starting to get good. in terms of young people like in your state we have a medicare issue. i expanded medicare because i want to help the mentally ill and the drug addicted get on their feet. but at the same time, we believe in early childhood education. it is a question of balance. we invested a ton of money in k-12 education. you cannot ignore your seed corn. you cannot ignore your young. we believe in mentoring programs in the schools. we believe early childhood education is so critical because it allows the brain to develop when kids are young. it is all about balance. isn't life all about balance? how do you help this and not oliterate that. economic growth is the most important thing for everybody in the country. if you don't have economic growth, it is amazing how
soon i will talk about medicaid and medicare. medicare is a critical program that is running out of money. we will have things to say about this in the next couple weeks. but no body balanced more budgets or proposed more. i have written 18 of them so i am just starting to get good. in terms of young people like in your state we have a medicare issue. i expanded medicare because i want to help the mentally ill and the drug addicted get on their feet. but at the same time, we believe in early...
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in terms of medicare, i'll have more to say about medicare and medicaid on thursday. when you think about what we did with medicaid in ohio, there are a lot of similarities. we'll have more to say about it on thursday without getting into it. but you can't get to a balanced budget if you don't deal with the flimet programs. you have to deal with them. i have dealt with them throughout my career and i would say to you, i think i have written 18 budgets in mill lifetime. it's not a mystery what i will do and not a confusion what we might do. now come thursday, we are going to give you a plan or framework that will be filled out as we go along. we will be addressing social security, the specifics of that later but deal with medicare and medicaid, all of it and give you a framework as to what that all means. i hope you will come on thursday f you can in nashua. where is it in nashua? does anybody know? where's the event on thursday? the community college. we are putting together plans for the ways to deal with the cost increases in our universities and community colleges
in terms of medicare, i'll have more to say about medicare and medicaid on thursday. when you think about what we did with medicaid in ohio, there are a lot of similarities. we'll have more to say about it on thursday without getting into it. but you can't get to a balanced budget if you don't deal with the flimet programs. you have to deal with them. i have dealt with them throughout my career and i would say to you, i think i have written 18 budgets in mill lifetime. it's not a mystery what i...
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you have asked a good question about medicare. that's talk about medicare. what we talk about medicare, we have to broaden the discussion a little bit to talk about health care in america. here are the simple facts. the united states today spends far more per person on health care than do the people and any other country. that is a fact. despite the gains of the affordable care act, some 15 million americans now have health insurance. we still have people who have zero health insurance. many people are uninsured with high deductibles and high copayments. sometimes they just don't get to the doctor because they can't afford to pay for their deductible. in my view, and i know not everyone agrees, but in my view, the united states of america has got to join every other major industrialized country honors, to allrantee health care people as a right, not a privilege. those of us who live in new we borderand vermont, on canada. canada has managed to provide health care to every man, woman, and child in its country in a much more cost effective way than we do. germ
you have asked a good question about medicare. that's talk about medicare. what we talk about medicare, we have to broaden the discussion a little bit to talk about health care in america. here are the simple facts. the united states today spends far more per person on health care than do the people and any other country. that is a fact. despite the gains of the affordable care act, some 15 million americans now have health insurance. we still have people who have zero health insurance. many...
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the bigger challenge is medicare and medicaid -- medicaid. they are growing at a rate that is three times the rate of all of the other spending. the power of compounding ultimately will consume everything else. today, or yesterday i proposed a way to deal with medicaid, which was to get it out of the hands washington. allow states to take the medicaid dollars plus cpi going forward, and take the kids's is -- insurance money, put it in a lump sum, take the obamacare subsidies and put them together and allow the legislatures and governors of states without the mandates that exist right now to craft a first century insurance policies that are focused on catastrophic coverage, low premium, expand the amount of hsa's. assume for a moment -- this is radical -- poor people make informed choices when you give them information. they will not -- this idea that somehow people in poverty cannot make decisions for themselves. that perpetuates poverty. that is wrong. i have seen examples were the opposite is the case. poor people are poor, they are capable
the bigger challenge is medicare and medicaid -- medicaid. they are growing at a rate that is three times the rate of all of the other spending. the power of compounding ultimately will consume everything else. today, or yesterday i proposed a way to deal with medicaid, which was to get it out of the hands washington. allow states to take the medicaid dollars plus cpi going forward, and take the kids's is -- insurance money, put it in a lump sum, take the obamacare subsidies and put them...
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we go next to medicare. insolvent in 2030. medicare. social security, insolvent in 2035. social security and medicare as you know, mr. speaker, are funded by payroll taxes. payroll taxes are that fica line on our pay stubs. t's the largest tax at 15.3% of every workers' paycheck in this country, it's the largest tax that most american families pay. i want you to think about that. here we are talking about earning the american people's trust. here we are talking about delivering for the american people on their priorities. the largest tax that most americans pay goes to fund two programs that we know with certainty as we sit here today aren't going to survive in their current configuration. the cash flow just won't allow it. but, mr. speaker, i'm not here to preach doom and gloom. i'm here to preach opportunity. i'm preaching opportunity because i work with 435 other people here who also -- 434 other people here who also believe if we work together we can do amazing things for the american people. i've got a chart here, mr. speaker, you can't see it from your perch, but it
we go next to medicare. insolvent in 2030. medicare. social security, insolvent in 2035. social security and medicare as you know, mr. speaker, are funded by payroll taxes. payroll taxes are that fica line on our pay stubs. t's the largest tax at 15.3% of every workers' paycheck in this country, it's the largest tax that most american families pay. i want you to think about that. here we are talking about earning the american people's trust. here we are talking about delivering for the american...
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it regularizes payments to medicare for care given in outpatient facilities. finally, the agreement raises the spending caps for two years for domestic spending. not only for defense priorities as some have earlier proposed. so i just want to repeat that so it's clear. the agreement raises the ending caps for two years for both domestic and defense spending. that means we can better fund critical domestic programs that were cut under sequestration, increasing support for education health research, food safety, job trainingand health care for veterans. this was a product of a lot of effort. of members, of staff, and various committees. the leadership. on a bipartisan basis working with the administration. i just want to leave expressing my support and expressing that we will truly have a broad, bipartisan vote for this bill today. i yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from maryland reserves. and the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i yield three minutes t
it regularizes payments to medicare for care given in outpatient facilities. finally, the agreement raises the spending caps for two years for domestic spending. not only for defense priorities as some have earlier proposed. so i just want to repeat that so it's clear. the agreement raises the ending caps for two years for both domestic and defense spending. that means we can better fund critical domestic programs that were cut under sequestration, increasing support for education health...
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reforms that strengthen medicare's long-term finances also would be repealed like making medicare's hospital insurance trust fund insolvent earlier. h.r. 3762 would also defund the prevention and public health fund which was created to help prevent disease detected early and manage conditions before they become severe. limit women's health care choices and disproportionately impact low-income individuals. rather than refighting old political battles by once again voting to repeal basic protections that provide security for the middle class, members of congress should be working together to grow the economy, strengthen middle class families, and create new jobs. if the president were presented with h.r. 3762, he would veto the bill. this is an exercise in few tillity this reconciliation act. and to suggest that somehow we should repeal the affordable care act after all the good things that it's doing to help americans obtain health care, have access to health care, and lower costs, there is absolutely no justification for it. i thought the republicans would stop doing this months ago, but her
reforms that strengthen medicare's long-term finances also would be repealed like making medicare's hospital insurance trust fund insolvent earlier. h.r. 3762 would also defund the prevention and public health fund which was created to help prevent disease detected early and manage conditions before they become severe. limit women's health care choices and disproportionately impact low-income individuals. rather than refighting old political battles by once again voting to repeal basic...
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it has to become a whether it is 1%, 1.5%, again, whatever figures were, across the board for medicare and social security. right now, i don't know if a lot of people realize, there is a percentage of your check the goes to social security. once you earn $118,000, that stops. host: that is going to be part of the debate in the next congress. caller: it should be. well, the next congress -- it should be the same for everyone, going all the way up to whatever it is. i don't care if you make $1 billion. that 1% goes to social security. if you do that, you will be able to sustain social security. one of the main reasons it is in trouble is because the bush, and evener reagan, began to dip into social security, which is supposed to be a trust fund for the people. host: a so-called trust fund. caller: anybody who talks to politicians about cutting social security, immediately their crossed off my list. it is an entitlement only in the sense that we are entitled to it because it is our money. it is not an entitlement that they are giving us a gift. they took this money and spend it on war, an
it has to become a whether it is 1%, 1.5%, again, whatever figures were, across the board for medicare and social security. right now, i don't know if a lot of people realize, there is a percentage of your check the goes to social security. once you earn $118,000, that stops. host: that is going to be part of the debate in the next congress. caller: it should be. well, the next congress -- it should be the same for everyone, going all the way up to whatever it is. i don't care if you make $1...
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candidate talking about the issues of race -- reuniting the country, securing social security, and medicare and making america energy to care. on tuesday afternoon, we are live with ohio governor john kasich as he's weeks at a town hall meeting in new hampshire. on wednesday, live at 7:00 p.m. eastern, jeb bush will speak at a town hall meeting in concord. c-span campaign 2016, taking you on the road to the white house on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> next, q and a with author and senator, garyo hart. and then prime minister cameron addresses his organization. and then bernie sanders and hillary clinton talk to the congressional hispanic caucus. ♪ >> this week on q&a, former u.s. senator and presidential candidate gary hart. mr. hart discusses his book, the republic of conscience where he argues our political system has been consumed are the kind of corruption avoided by our founding fathers. brian: senator gary hart, you have a book out called republic of conscience. conscience. why a book on the subject? gary: two reasons. washingtonrmation of in t0
candidate talking about the issues of race -- reuniting the country, securing social security, and medicare and making america energy to care. on tuesday afternoon, we are live with ohio governor john kasich as he's weeks at a town hall meeting in new hampshire. on wednesday, live at 7:00 p.m. eastern, jeb bush will speak at a town hall meeting in concord. c-span campaign 2016, taking you on the road to the white house on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> next, q and a with author...
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the bigger challenge is medicare and medicaid -- medicaid. they are growing at a rate that is three times the rate of all of the other spending. the power of compounding ultimately will consume everything else. today, or yesterday i proposed a way to deal with medicaid, which was to get it out of the hands washington. allow states to take the medicaid dollars plus cpi going forward, and take the kids's is -- insurance money, put it in a lump sum, take the obamacare subsidies and put them together and allow the legislatures and governors of states without the mandates that exist right now to craft a first century insurance policies that are focused on catastrophic coverage, low premium, expand the amount of hsa's. assume for a moment -- this is radical -- poor people make informed choices when you give them information. they will not -- this idea that somehow people in poverty cannot make decisions for themselves. that perpetuates poverty. that is wrong. i have seen examples were the opposite is the case. poor people are poor, they are capable
the bigger challenge is medicare and medicaid -- medicaid. they are growing at a rate that is three times the rate of all of the other spending. the power of compounding ultimately will consume everything else. today, or yesterday i proposed a way to deal with medicaid, which was to get it out of the hands washington. allow states to take the medicaid dollars plus cpi going forward, and take the kids's is -- insurance money, put it in a lump sum, take the obamacare subsidies and put them...
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we will never let the republicans cut or privatize social security or and medicare end medicare, as somehow -- some are now promising. [cheers and applause] sen. clinton: i will tell you something else. i am going to back and support what president obama has done to protect dreamers and their families, to use executive action to prevent deportation. and i have said that if we cannot get comprehensive immigration reform as we need and as we should, with a real path to citizenship that will actually grow our economy -- then i will go as far as i can, even beyond president obama, to make sure law-abiding, decent, hard-working people in this country are not ripped away from their families. [cheers and applause] withence chanting "i'm her"] clinton: and don't you wonder -- don't you wonder, for bigle who claim they hate government, republicans sure love using government to step in and make decisions for women about our bodies and our right. -- our rights. [applause] --. clinton: i will tell you i will tell you, i will do everything i can to protects a woman's right to choose and to .efend planne
we will never let the republicans cut or privatize social security or and medicare end medicare, as somehow -- some are now promising. [cheers and applause] sen. clinton: i will tell you something else. i am going to back and support what president obama has done to protect dreamers and their families, to use executive action to prevent deportation. and i have said that if we cannot get comprehensive immigration reform as we need and as we should, with a real path to citizenship that will...
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medicare, medicaid, and social security. i am from florida. there are a lot of people there on medicare and social security. one of them happens to be my mother. i can say this unequivocably, i am against changes that for my mother. i'm against changes bad for people like her. we can save social security and medicare without changing anything for her, people like her that are retired, or people about to retire. here's the truth people can started notching. my medicare and social security and for those younger than me will be different than it works for our parents and people on it now. it has to either not exist or be different. what army by different? i may have to retire sooner than my parents. my benefits if i made money will not grow as fast as they did for the people that are on it now. my medicare benefits could be the option of taking that and using it to buy a private plan i like better. that is not too much to ask to me at 44, after everything my 85-year-old mother did for us. i set her age, she will get mad. my older mother says, tha
medicare, medicaid, and social security. i am from florida. there are a lot of people there on medicare and social security. one of them happens to be my mother. i can say this unequivocably, i am against changes that for my mother. i'm against changes bad for people like her. we can save social security and medicare without changing anything for her, people like her that are retired, or people about to retire. here's the truth people can started notching. my medicare and social security and...
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medicare, medicaid, and social security. florida. you may or may not know this, there's a lot of people in on medicare and social security. one of them is my mother. i can say i am against any changes that are bad for my mother. i am against any changes that are bad for people like her. here's the good news. we can save social security and medicare without changing anything for her, people like her, or even people that are about to retire. truth that people need to start acknowledging. and the social security and the ones of people younger than me is going to be it workedthan the way for our parents. it either won't exist or it will be different. why do i mean by different? i may have to retire a year later than my parents did. my social security benefits if i've made money are not going to grow as fast for the people that are on it now. my medicare benefits could be the option of taking that and a privatet to buy plan that i like better. that's not too much to ask of me. 44 after everything my 85-year-old mother did for us. i just s
medicare, medicaid, and social security. florida. you may or may not know this, there's a lot of people in on medicare and social security. one of them is my mother. i can say i am against any changes that are bad for my mother. i am against any changes that are bad for people like her. here's the good news. we can save social security and medicare without changing anything for her, people like her, or even people that are about to retire. truth that people need to start acknowledging. and the...
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if you are going to be reforming medicare, extending the medicare sequester, you think you could lose some democratic votes. we are characterizing as a challenge to pass through the house. host: what is the timeline now that we have specifics? when could we see votes? guest: my understanding is the house was supposed to post this bill last night, which would allow them to vote on wednesday. that is when paul ryan becomes the new speaker. he becomes the new speaker on thursday. i think the idea is for the house to get this done on wednesday. john boehner says that he wants to clean up the barn a little bit. the idea is to get this dirty business done before ryan comes in at the end of the week. host: >> that budget deal reached by congressional leaders and the white house. covering two years and increasing the debt ceiling through 2017. one congressman's reaction saying that he believes any candidates for speaker should be rejecting this two-year deal between congressional leaders and the white house. congressman mark meadows of north carolina released a statement, you can find it onli
if you are going to be reforming medicare, extending the medicare sequester, you think you could lose some democratic votes. we are characterizing as a challenge to pass through the house. host: what is the timeline now that we have specifics? when could we see votes? guest: my understanding is the house was supposed to post this bill last night, which would allow them to vote on wednesday. that is when paul ryan becomes the new speaker. he becomes the new speaker on thursday. i think the idea...
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when medicare spending jumped significantly it scored. there is a very significant and very forthright and very open process of knowing what the federal debt is. you could argue, i suppose, that the one place that we don't publicly disclose the debt is in the social security trust fund, because there is no trust fund. thecally what happens is dollar that you pay in social security taxes is supposed to go into a trust fund which is then supposed to be available to you when you retire. yearsas happened over the is that the dollars in the trust to the government tell that operate on a daily basis and then the trust fund gets back and iou from the government. when you retire and you start drawing money out of the trust fund for your retirement, what happens is those trust fund ious get paid off. how do they get paid off? they get paid off by people paying taxes today. it is really a phantom trust fund, for all intents and purposes. , thosefar as gimmicks go are the big ones. matter, every year we know exactly how much we take in and how much
when medicare spending jumped significantly it scored. there is a very significant and very forthright and very open process of knowing what the federal debt is. you could argue, i suppose, that the one place that we don't publicly disclose the debt is in the social security trust fund, because there is no trust fund. thecally what happens is dollar that you pay in social security taxes is supposed to go into a trust fund which is then supposed to be available to you when you retire. yearsas...
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in that we should move toward a medicare for all single-payer programs. [applause] let me conclude my remarks by asking two favors of you. not for me, before our country. you,r one, when folks tell when your friends tell you, why are you wasting your time going to meetings where they are discussing all these boring issues like immigration or jobs or health care or climate change , why are you wasting your time when you can be out partying? [laughter] that when the second wealthiest family in this country is spending $900 million on this campaign, you tell them verypolitics is in fact important. who we elect as president, who controls the house, who controls the senate, who controls the country is of enormous consequence to their lives, to their parents lives, and to their children's lives. is dost request of you everything that you can to engage people to get involved in the political process. [applause] we had an election last november. 63% of the american people did not vote. 80% of young people did not vote. when ordinary people lie the tens of million
in that we should move toward a medicare for all single-payer programs. [applause] let me conclude my remarks by asking two favors of you. not for me, before our country. you,r one, when folks tell when your friends tell you, why are you wasting your time going to meetings where they are discussing all these boring issues like immigration or jobs or health care or climate change , why are you wasting your time when you can be out partying? [laughter] that when the second wealthiest family in...
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we have a program to make sure medicare is set on a firm basis. and that medicaid can be sent back to the state, something we have been fighting for since the middle of the 90's. so that governors and legislators can't come up with more innovative and practical ways -- can't come up -- can come up with more innovative and practical ways. the same is also true in welfare. cutting washington's strings of so states can help people move up and out of poverty. in ohio, we are proud to be innovative. guided by the same ideas my mom used to say, it is a sin not to help somebody that needs help but it is equally as senin to help somebody that needs to help themselves. we are asking the federal government for permission to allow our people on public assistance to be able to get education so they can get a job. we have to ask the federal government to approve this. it is nonsense, let me run it. let my legislature run it. let us tailor a welfare program in ohio you can use and learn here and that the command my state -- we can learn in in my state. this lif
we have a program to make sure medicare is set on a firm basis. and that medicaid can be sent back to the state, something we have been fighting for since the middle of the 90's. so that governors and legislators can't come up with more innovative and practical ways -- can't come up -- can come up with more innovative and practical ways. the same is also true in welfare. cutting washington's strings of so states can help people move up and out of poverty. in ohio, we are proud to be innovative....
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some medicare increase. jim tankersley, why the medicare increase at 2%? guest: under the affordable care act, states get incentives to expand medicaid so that people with higher incomes than before are eligible for it. not every state did that. supreme court said they did not have to. the states that have expanded the eligibility have seen a large increase in the number of people who are on medicaid. that has translated into, on average, much larger increases in people with insurance in the states that expanded medicaid, than those that did not. host: joyce is calling from camden 10, missouri, under $50,000. agree with everything that previous callers have said, manufacturing has gone overseas. the people we are bringing in from india and other countries are working for lesser ranges than previous employment rates, and immigration is killing us. you said mexico or latino immigration, one point something children. here in my area it is an average of four or five. parents come here illegally. they have no education and work at menial jobs which cannot affor
some medicare increase. jim tankersley, why the medicare increase at 2%? guest: under the affordable care act, states get incentives to expand medicaid so that people with higher incomes than before are eligible for it. not every state did that. supreme court said they did not have to. the states that have expanded the eligibility have seen a large increase in the number of people who are on medicaid. that has translated into, on average, much larger increases in people with insurance in the...
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in terms of medicare, i will more to say on a thursday. when you think about what we did with medicaid in ohio, and like the similarities about what we can do. more to say on thursday without getting into it. you cannot get a balanced budget if you do not deal with entitlement programs. you have to deal with them. i've dealt with them throughout my career. i think i've written 18 budgets in my lifetime. is not a mystery as to what i will do. it is not a confusion about what i might do. we will give you more. thursday, we will give you a framework that will be increasingly filled out. we will address social security, the specifics of that probably later but deal with medicaid, medicare, defense spending, all of it and give your framework as to what it means. i hope you will come. come on thursday in nashua. >> where is nashua? gov. kasich: i do not know. does anybody know? where is the event? the community college? good. and by the way, we're putting together plans for dealing with the cost increases in our universities and colleges using a
in terms of medicare, i will more to say on a thursday. when you think about what we did with medicaid in ohio, and like the similarities about what we can do. more to say on thursday without getting into it. you cannot get a balanced budget if you do not deal with entitlement programs. you have to deal with them. i've dealt with them throughout my career. i think i've written 18 budgets in my lifetime. is not a mystery as to what i will do. it is not a confusion about what i might do. we will...
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in the next two weeks i will unveil a plan as it relates to medicare. [applause] >> i have a question. you have people with medicaid, you have obamacare, and people like me who work full-time. i cannot afford insurance. i do not qualify for obamacare and i am bipolar. i fight every day to get medicaid, medicines, it is not cheap. when you have things like this, you want to be productive. in order for me to get insurance i have to qualify for disability. i can work, i am capable, i can run your campaign, i could do anything. jeb bush: i am looking for someone. >> the point is, i am here, doing my job. i do not want to accept government money. people like me fall to the crux -- cracks. have you help me -- how do you help me? jeb bush: we would give credits to every person that does not have company insurance. that credit would be equal to what they could purchase in whatever means they can have. basically took the credit amount. then if you allow the states to go forward with new plans, states could add to that. or, a small business, this either or proble
in the next two weeks i will unveil a plan as it relates to medicare. [applause] >> i have a question. you have people with medicaid, you have obamacare, and people like me who work full-time. i cannot afford insurance. i do not qualify for obamacare and i am bipolar. i fight every day to get medicaid, medicines, it is not cheap. when you have things like this, you want to be productive. in order for me to get insurance i have to qualify for disability. i can work, i am capable, i can run...
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medicare will pay into the program reasonably if they work. but like most people, they will pay in less than they take out. that is why those programs are on such a crisis path today. huge financial costs. then the difficulty of being able to screen the applicants effectively. if you need more help, mr. emrich or ms. strack, i hope you will ask for it. i think it's impossible, even with more staff, to get the information. er -- we are not going to be able, as some people might think, to go out to the neighborhood and actually interview people to make sure this is the same person that lives on this street. that worked at this job and was a good and decent person. we see that happening in europe in huge numbers, and i believe the american people are generous and kind and decent, and they want to contribute to solving this crisis and we are, and a significant degree, but we are entitled to have our officials protect our interests, the people's interest and that is what i think we tried to do today. i don't blame any of you for the difficult job y
medicare will pay into the program reasonably if they work. but like most people, they will pay in less than they take out. that is why those programs are on such a crisis path today. huge financial costs. then the difficulty of being able to screen the applicants effectively. if you need more help, mr. emrich or ms. strack, i hope you will ask for it. i think it's impossible, even with more staff, to get the information. er -- we are not going to be able, as some people might think, to go out...
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governors and legislatures can come up with more innovative and practical ways to treat and also to have a medicare system that will last for these young gov. kasich: the same is also true for welfare. in ohio, we tried to be very innovative, guided by the same idea my mother used to say, it is a sin to not help somebody who needs help, but equally a cent to continue to help someone who needs to learn how to help themselves. very time, we are asking the federal government for permission to allow our people on public assistance to be able to get education so that they can get a job, and we have to ask the federal government to approve this. it is nonsense. let me run it. let my legislature run it. taylor a program that we can learn from all across this country. this is our country. we make the choices that decided future. if we want prosperity, futures, opportunities for kids, we need to make it happen, and we need to make it happen now. let's win our energy freedom. let's get smart on train. it works together as one strategy. if we want to see results now, we will have to fight for it. i'm fighting
governors and legislatures can come up with more innovative and practical ways to treat and also to have a medicare system that will last for these young gov. kasich: the same is also true for welfare. in ohio, we tried to be very innovative, guided by the same idea my mother used to say, it is a sin to not help somebody who needs help, but equally a cent to continue to help someone who needs to learn how to help themselves. very time, we are asking the federal government for permission to...