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Rep. Jan Schakowsky, (D-Ill.), on efforts to reform Medicare and the defeat of Rep. Ryan’s budget plan in the Senate.
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-- -- it's only about what might happen on the floor of the some little while ago.
-- senators overwhelmingly rejecting the Ryan budget plan five Republican senators.
Joining their democratic colleagues.
To do that to -- democratic congressman's -- cascade.
Pat do you see that is on May -- so you're obviously done but put.
Does somebody have to be done let's say on Medicare first off something.
Has to -- -- it's not Ryan's plan.
Watch.
Well actually we could reduce the the Medicare costs by negotiating with the pharmaceutical companies.
For lower prices that would be about 24 billion dollars up a year.
There are we is that Medicare is being made more efficient in the Affordable Care Act.
That will actually reduce its costs that we can does that as an out badly on -- that's -- -- and not.
Congress and that we didn't.
That is that is school -- sits in its in the act in London and when the bill for -- -- out.
Within the next three years we will see that -- You know I don't have a presence on the I have a plan -- -- -- -- current hope springs -- but I guess what I'm saying is not -- to do you have to look.
Had maybe not fear -- the issue from both sides to visited but I'm worried dad.
We don't address just this year.
Growth in entitlements.
On an old bull -- -- you could definitely argue the details and his private market approach.
But always doing is slowing the growth.
Of -- moral he's not.
I don't know you know oh yes he is and we -- caught the the Ryan plan something other than Medicare.
Because what the Republicans voted for essentially was two and Medicare by ending guaranteed.
Benefits that.
That seniors love.
And young people love to overwhelming those are guaranteed benefits that can't be assured because.
A lot more money is leaving -- coming in right so what are you don't do so so let's so let's go after Medicare.
The average income beat the median income for people over 65 is 191000.
Dollars a year.
Yes those are the people we signal alzheimer's and I'm not saying let's go after -- -- -- It is a huge -- it's a big -- Then you can say that it's not a problem and it's and this report I mean and that's not a crop that it's -- I -- reminding them died years earlier than we thought.
Where you can open up your eyes and address.
When he and I at the local first of all I think that we can get what we're seeing is with -- through it with their Republican plant 6000 dollars more.
Out of pocket.
For older Americans that is we -- isn't if there SA and it turns but why -- Sign as president -- want -- -- is say okay this program this benefit that you have people on Medicare.
You love yes we can afford the -- can continue to go.
And I don't agreement that's important Ghana is gonna have to obtain more genitalia that you -- -- that you believe -- harpercollins.
Because no I don't think that is not -- this kind of dole does not think so then why can't everyone.
And up and say look I know you like this.
Who survived -- -- decision I can't.
Just say.
There's a limited.
So what would you do the program you -- -- and we can't afford.
We can reduce the cost can I say that -- we can reduce the cost of Medicare.
With -- -- having those benefits we can get cheaper prescription drugs that will save tens hundreds of billions of dollars over.
The over the years we can create accountable care organizations that will reduce the cost of Medicare have you what we're seeing the government is have you this in the government.
Wean out efficiency.
With the best of intentions and -- in the right place congresswoman but have you ever seen that government succeed.
-- doing the government extra.
-- -- -- As you know how well absolutely you don't -- Medicare Medicare has about a 3%.
Overhead it is one of the most efficient.
Health care delivery it's -- at least half a trillion dollars over the next decade under the president's plan.
So -- it's -- best case scenario.
Yet at -- and and you know how we do that we're we're gonna take half a trillion dollars out of Medicare.
By getting out the waste and the fraud and don't say it's not there because anybody who's been to the hospital -- is that there are things that appear on the donors and I don't know that.
