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Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is pressing GOP centrists to accept a budget that would cut Medicare benefits for recipients who are now 56 years old.
The problem for Ryan is that many Republicans have said his budget would not touch Medicare benefits for anyone who is already 55 years old. Members may have trouble supporting a measure that goes back on that commitment.
He explained that the baseline, which reflects January?s ?fiscal cliff? deal, which raised $600 billion in new tax revenue[*with budget cuts], meant benefits for those older than 56 would not have to be touched.
But he said that it was impossible not to change benefits for people now 56 and that Republicans could either adopt it as part of their budget now or next year.
Democrats fiercely attacked Ryan?s last budget, which only cut benefits for people who are now under 55 years old. But that budget also didn?t balance until 2040.
Meehan said he believed Ryan wanted to keep 55 the age at which people would see their Medicare benefits affected, which would allow the party a year to communicate the matter to voters.
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