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In response to "That's not a savings. It is a cut to the projecting spending on Medicare. Both of their arguments are pedantic though. -- nm" by Inigo

It's a meaningful distinction though. It's a cut in pay rates to providers, it's not a cut in services. It reduces spending on medicare, but it's

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Aug 16 '12, 08:47

coming out of the providers share, not the services available to those who receive medicare. That's not a semantic distinction. Republicans are claiming it's cutting services. It's clearly not.

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See my response to Jack above. -- nm - Inigo Aug 16, 08:59
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- I love that they're lamenting these so-called "cuts" while simultaneously proposing a much more radical overhaul of the system - znufrii Aug 16, 08:50 2
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    - well, yeah. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 09:11
- It is funny. They should be applauding this. It reduces the spending. - pmb Aug 16, 08:49
- Depends on my audience that day. -- nm - Romney si Aug 16, 08:49

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It's a meaningful distinction though. It's a cut in pay rates to providers, it's not a cut in services. It reduces spending on medicare, but it's

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