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...Clinton waffled on the details. So it was a surprise to hear exactly where the President drew the line last week when he vetoed the Republican balanced-budget bill and unveiled a new plan of his own. Topping the list of things on which Clinton took a stand was Medicaid, the jointly funded, federal-state health program that serves 36 million Americans. The Administration renewed its call for a plan that would save $54 billion from the program over seven years, only one-third of the savings Republicans seek. But Clinton went further, saying if the G.O.P. kept insisting that...
...answer is that the Administration, along with the American Medical Association and even some Republican Governors, believes the G.O.P.'s Medicaid proposals pose real risks to the most vulnerable Americans. By affirming that some sensible Medicaid savings could be achieved, but no more than that, the Administration may have marked a decisive turning point in the fiscal debate that will dominate the Capitol at least through Christmas. To many Americans, the battles over Medicare and Medicaid quickly dissolve into a confusing blur of federal health programs whose names sound virtually identical. But Medicaid demands special attention. Going...
...primary thrust of this Democratic strategy has been to repeatedly imply that Republican attempts to sensibly restructure Medicare, Medicaid and other federal entitlement programs amount to little more than stealing from the poor to give to the rich...
They have attacked Republican cutbacks in student aid, welfare and Medicaid among others. In every case, the Democratic party has tried to portray the Republican cutbacks needed to balance the budget as disastrous for the individual special interest group that will be affected. Never once have they stopped to consider the vast benefits to America that a balanced budget will produce. While President Clinton has produced a plan that will supposedly balance the budget by 2002, the Congressional Budget Office determined that his plan would fall more than $300 billion short over the next seven years. Even...
Washington loves the seven-year plan. Wednesday, President Clinton vetoed the Republican version; today, he proposed one of his own, albeit with smaller reductions to Medicare and Medicaid and fewer tax cuts. Still, Clinton's budget hits welfare, transportation and housing the hardest to save $141 billion more than his June budget proposal. While congressional Republicans complained throughout the day that the Administration was relying on overly optimistic economic forecasts, House Speaker Newt Gingrich nonetheless allowed: "It's a start." After briefing Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill, White House chief of staff Leon Panetta told reporters the President is considering...