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About Medicare Fraud and Waste - Comm. for a Responsible Federal Budget
No cuts to the national Medicare program are included in the “one, big, beautiful bill” now being deliberated by the U.S. Senate (the bill has already passed in the House). But, as reported yesterday (see this), if the Senate uncovers potential Medicare fraud or waste in its consideration of the bill, the Administration will definitely investigate such suspicions. That news prompted the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget to offer many suggestions on how Medicare costs might be lowered, as explained in this article.
The committee noted that Presidents Bush, Obama, Biden and Trump have all previously endorsed saving Medicare hundreds of billions of dollars from wasteful spending and overpayments. In this article, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget offers multiple specific areas to make Medicare more efficient. Click here to read more.