President Obama Proposes Cuts To Health Care Spending To Lower Deficit

President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a series of cost savings in health care programs including to Medicare and Medicaid to reduce the deficit. The proposals include paying doctors for health care outcomes instead of on a “fee-for-service” basis, and Obama also rejected the notion turning Medicare into a “voucher” system.

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The Specifics: How Obama Plans To Cut Health Programs By $320 Billion

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<h1>President Obama Proposes Cuts To Health Care Spending To Lower Deficit</h1>
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			September 19, 2011		</time>
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<p>President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a series of cost savings in health care programs including to Medicare and Medicaid to reduce the deficit. The proposals include paying doctors for health care outcomes instead of on a “fee-for-service” basis, and Obama also rejected the notion turning Medicare into a “voucher” system.</p><ul><strong><li>Read related story: </li><p>    <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/BEE50769-9F86-4EB1-A1A2-E924AA60B05B">The Specifics: How Obama Plans To Cut Health Programs By $320 Billion</a></p></strong></ul><p /><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/obama-proposed-health-care-cuts-for-deficit/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/obama-proposed-health-care-cuts-for-deficit/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/obama-proposed-health-care-cuts-for-deficit/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20President%20Obama%20Proposes%20Cuts%20To%20Health%20Care%20Spending%20To%20Lower%20Deficit&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Fobama-proposed-health-care-cuts-for-deficit%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/obama-proposed-health-care-cuts-for-deficit/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/obama-proposed-health-care-cuts-for-deficit/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/obama-proposed-health-care-cuts-for-deficit/">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=10569&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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