House could be first up to tackle entitlement reform

By Robert King

Published December 11, 2017 5:01am ET

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House could be first up to tackle entitlement reform — House Speaker Paul Ryan told radio show host Ross Kaminsky on Wednesday that he wants to revisit entitlement reform after tax reform is finished. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner) | Graeme Jennings/Washington Exami

Republicans who want to overhaul entitlement programs Medicare and Medicaid will have to look to the House to take the first crack at it next year.

House Speaker Paul Ryan told radio show host Ross Kaminsky on Wednesday that he wants to revisit entitlement reform after tax reform is finished. But the last effort to tackle entitlements in Obamacare repeal failed in the Senate last summer, and a member of Senate leadership said that the House will have to take the first step at any reform bill.

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