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Facebook. Com cspan. If you are a medicare recipient, we want to know your experience with the program and your thoughts on possible changes. We will begin with House Speaker paul ryan, who has during his legislative career eyed entitlement reform as a way to tackle the nations debt. [video clip] when you talk about entitlement reform, one of the things youre talking about is obamacare. And then welfare as well. We have a welfare system trapping people in poverty, and paying people not to work. Thinking about trying to do any reforms with Social Security or medicare . President trump has not seemed interested in those things. He has not shown as much interest. We are working on entitlements he is supportive of. You cannot use budget reconciliation for Social Security. It is exempt from those rules. It is the healthcare entitlements that are the big drivers of our debt. That is where the problem lies fiscally. Host the speaker of the house thinking medicare is the problem with our natio
Camp david where you have the Top Republican leadership huddling with the president over what they want to get done this election year. We know Speaker Paul Ryan has long been an avid proponent of reforming these entitlement programs. Mitch mcconnell not quite so eager on that front. Clearly these two leaders have to get on the same page in terms of their agenda, but now they are definitely going into different directions. Host paul ryan sounds like he thinks its doable and Mitch Mcconnells response to the question was not so doable basically. They said in interviews last year at this time that we have to look at our entitlement programs. We have to look at the drivers of the spending and the deb t. This is not new for him but new in the context of this new Republican Congress and legislative agenda. Weve asked Mitch Mcconnell repeatedly about those comments following the speakers remarks and he said, look, issues like entitlement reform and welfare reform have to be bipartisan. First
A preview of what Congress Might do about entitlement programs in 2018. This is just over one hour. Host and we are back and continued our conversation this morning about entitlement reform. Could it happen this year between capitol hill and this white house . Between capitol hill and this white house . Rettaw is james cap and Melissa Boteach. Thank you both for being here. Melissa, let me begin with you. How do you define entitlement . Aest i define entitlement as basic Living Standards whether its retirement or health care or nutrition that if you are eligible for it, youre guaranteed to receive it. I think thats important because it sets a floor of income security under americans such that when we face the ups and downs of life whether its unemployment or a medical emergency, etc. That there is basic Living Standards to support us. With things like retirement, thats an inevitability for all of us. Host the question is who should be eligible for . It . Guest my definition is similar
Between capitol hill and this white house . Rettaw is james cap and Melissa Boteach. Thank you both for being here. Melissa, let me begin with you. How do you define entitlement . Aest i define entitlement as basic Living Standards whether its retirement or health care or nutrition that if you are eligible for it, youre guaranteed to receive it. I think thats important because it sets a floor of income security under americans such that when we face the ups and downs of life whether its unemployment or a medical emergency, etc. That there is basic Living Standards to support us. With things like retirement, thats an inevitability for all of us. Host the question is who should be eligible for . It . Guest my definition is similar to its a benefit conferred by federal law. If you meet the eligibility criteria, then the benefit is conferred on you through several programs. I think thats generally the issue that were now talking about. Entitlement spending associated with that eligibility