Health On The Hill: Medicaid Untouched, Medicare Spared - For Now - In Debt

KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about the lack of Medicare and Medicaid cuts in the initial round of cuts tied to the debt ceiling increase, and about what sort of cuts the programs could be open to later in the year.

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<h1>Health On The Hill:  Medicaid Untouched, Medicare Spared – For Now – In Debt</h1>
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			August 1, 2011		</time>
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<p>KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about the lack of Medicare and Medicaid cuts in the initial round of cuts tied to the debt ceiling increase, and about what sort of cuts the programs could be open to later in the year.</p><p>      <strong>        <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/08/080111_khn_hoth_audio.mp3">Listen to the audio</a> </strong>      <strong>or </strong>      <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/Stories/2011/August/01/health-on-the-hill-transcript.aspx">        <strong>read the transcript</strong>      </a>.</p><p>Can’t see video? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzi5pEPgpHQ">Watch on YouTube</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/080111-health-on-the-hill/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/080111-health-on-the-hill/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/080111-health-on-the-hill/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20On%20The%20Hill%3A%20%20Medicaid%20Untouched%2C%20Medicare%20Spared%20-%20For%20Now%20-%20In%20Debt%20&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F080111-health-on-the-hill%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/080111-health-on-the-hill/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/080111-health-on-the-hill/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/080111-health-on-the-hill/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=10525&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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