According to a post at The Hill yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is questioning the Medicare savings the Democrats in Congress are claiming will occur with the passage of the current healthcare reform bill.
The article points out:
"The CMS report estimated that national health expenditures would increase by $222 billion or 0.6 percent from 2010 to 2019.
"The Senate plan purports to achieve $483 billion in Medicare savings over the next 10 years, including $118 billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage plans, a program favored by Republicans that distributes Medicare benefits through private providers."
The CMS report stated that the increase in the number of people receiving some form of government healthcare is bound to increase the cost to some extent. The slated cuts in Medicare are scheduled to occur at a time when the 'baby boomers,' a large segment of the country's population will become eligible for Medicare. That simply does not make sense.
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