GOP keeps Medicare cuts it attacked under Obama

Published March 11, 2017 5:01am ET



Republicans complained for years about the Medicare cuts imposed by Obamacare, but are not looking to restore those cuts in legislation that aims to undo the law.

The repeal-and-replace bill that House GOP leaders are trying to pass in the next few weeks leaves in place major cuts to Medicare, which were an important way the Affordable Care Act paid for its subsidies and extra Medicaid spending.

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