During his State of the Union Address, President Biden pledged never to cut a single Medicare benefit and, if anyone tried to do so, vowed, “I will stop them.” However, the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) recently cut Medicare for 33 million seniors by cutting the Medicare Advantage program.
When Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee, he was grilled by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) about it. Becerra seemed at a loss for answers, so I’m happy to help.