Another area a Republican Senate would address is reforms we pass are patient-centered reforms, but ones that Medicaid, which is bankrupting both the federal government protect taxpayers as well. A Republican-led Senate would give taxpayers another as well as many state budgets. The Government Accountability voice in the legislative branch. Combined with electing Office repeatedly lists Medicaid high on its list of high-risk a fiscally-responsible, principled leader in the White programs, and Medicaid represents a $380 billion target for House, I am confident waste, fraud, and abuse. that we can right our Today, nearly one in four A Republican Senate would nation’s fiscal ship and Americans is enrolled in improve the economic the program. work to repeal the massive $2.6 trillion, outlook for current That’s why 2,700 page health law and ... reform and future generations Republicans want to of Americans. modernize Medicaid our tax code by broadening the tax The past three and put it on a more base, lowering both individual and years with President sustainable path. corporate tax rates, and ensure that Obama in the Medicaid was White House and originally supposed to small businesses are not confronted Democrats in control be a program for lowwith multiple levels of taxes. of the Senate has not income, elderly, and worked. Americans disabled individuals, yet under the big spenders in Washington it has grown to be just deserve better, and that’s why the 2012 elections are so RF another out of control government entitlement program. The important. welfare reform that took place in the 1990s would serve as a model for much-needed Medicaid reform. By giving more Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is the Ranking Member on control over Medicaid to the states, we can ensure that the the Senate Finance Committee.
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