Liberal Think Tank Presents Health Care Cost Cutting Program

Health Care Cuts Are Coming:  Here's Where Liberals Say You can Slice by Julie Rovner.  NPR November 14, 2012.

While liberal groups reject dismantling Medicare and Social Security, this article states that they are in favor of measures to transform the system, modernize it so it can deliver high-quality, lower-cost care.  They have the auspices of the Center for American Progress, they have released a plan that they claim will do just that.  Some of the potential sources of savings this plan suggests are (1) building upon savings included in the Affordable Care Act, (2) lowering payments to some providers, (3) asking wealthier Medicare beneficiaries to pay more out-of-pocket for care, and (4)  limiting the tax-free status of the insurance for people who earn more than $250,000.