President Obama Proposes Cuts To Health Care Spending To Lower Deficit - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News /medicaid/obama-proposed-health-care-cuts-for-deficit/ ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News produces in-depth journalism on health issues and is a core operating program of KFF. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:44:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=32 President Obama Proposes Cuts To Health Care Spending To Lower Deficit - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News /medicaid/obama-proposed-health-care-cuts-for-deficit/ 32 32 161476233 President Obama Proposes Cuts To Health Care Spending To Lower Deficit /medicaid/obama-proposed-health-care-cuts-for-deficit/ /medicaid/obama-proposed-health-care-cuts-for-deficit/#respond Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:07:00 +0000 http://khn.wp.alley.ws/news/obama-proposed-health-care-cuts-for-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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