DNC chair and Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz pointed out on “Fox News Sunday” that the Affordable Care Act has extended the solvency of Medicare by eight years.
“The Affordable Care Act added eight years of solvency to the Medicare program,” she said, arguing that Medicare needs to be strengthened but not turned into a voucher program, which Paul Ryan’s plan converts it to.
The finding was reached by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which found that the law’s payment cuts to Medicare providers will save some $700 billion over a decade. Republicans are evoking the cuts — which don’t affect benefits — to deflect criticism of the Ryan plan.
