House GOP Conf Chair Pence: Medicare Experts Disagree Madam Speaker

Medicare Experts Disagree, Madam Speaker Speaker Pelosi charges that her plan for a government takeover of health care is the cure to save Medicare:

"And I want to say, because Medicare was mentioned, unless we pass this legislation, we cannot keep our promises on Medicare." (Rep. Pelosi, Health Care Summit, 2/25/10)

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But Medicare experts disagree: "[Medical] providers for whom Medicare constitutes a substantive portion of their business could find it difficult to remain profitable and might end their participation in the program (possibly jeopardizing access to care for beneficiaries)." (Office of the Actuary, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 11/13/2009)