Commentary: Think Obama’s Medicare Savings Aren’t Significant? Take a Closer Look.
End Notes
[1] For an analysis of major elements of the President’s budget, see Sharon Parrott, Joel Friedman, Richard Kogan, and Paul N. Van de Water, “President Obama’s Deficit-Reduction Package and Other Proposals in the 2014 Budget,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 11, 2013, https://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3952.
[2] See the House Budget Committee testimony from Jeffrey Zients, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, April 11, 2013, at 52:56 of http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/312046-1.
[3] “Income-Relating Medicare Part B and Part D Premiums Under Current Law and Recent Proposals: What are the Implications for Beneficiaries?” Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief, February 2012, http://www.kff.org/medicare/upload/8276.pdf.
[4] Paul N. Van de Water, “Medicare in Ryan’s 2014 Budget,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 15, 2013, https://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3922.