Bloomberg Tax
Feb. 6, 2023, 10:45 AM UTC

Republicans Eye Debt Deal for Social Security, Medicare Panels

Jack Fitzpatrick
Jack Fitzpatrick
Reporter
Chris Cioffi
Chris Cioffi
Senior Reporter

House Republican committee and caucus chairs are pushing to create panels to study extending Social Security and Medicare solvency as part of any debt limit deal, even as Speaker Kevin McCarthy says the entitlement programs are off the table.

House Republicans have offered two bills to create panels to consider future legislation to shore up the solvency of entitlement programs — the Trust Act and the Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act — as possible parts of a debt-limit deal. While McCarthy (R-Calif.) has broadly said cuts to Social Security or Medicare are off the table in debt-limit talks, and downplayed ...

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