Congresswoman Hochul Reiterates Call To Cut Spending, While Protecting Medicare

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Today, joined by fellow Congresswomen, Kathy Hochul reiterated her pledge to preserve and protect the long-term solvency of Medicare, while still looking for common sense solutions to cut our national debt.

"The message that I take back from [my]district is we need to cut our spending," said Congresswoman Hochul. But "we [need to] look out for the American people. We [need to] look out for our seniors. We [need to] look out for our families. I come from an area that [has] many Republicans, many Democrats, many independents, but I like to think that they're reasonable people. And I am not finding a whole lot of that here in Washington."

Congresswoman Hochul recognizes the strong need to cut national spending and has said everything must be on the table when it comes to reducing our national debt, including defense spending under the recommendations of the Pentagon, entitlement reforms, and revenue. Just last Thursday, Hochul cut over $7 billion from the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill. However, she has pledged not to transform Medicare into a voucher program. Instead, she supports cutting the underlying costs of health care; ensuring the long-term solvency of the program that millions of American seniors have come to rely on.

In order to reduce the costs of Medicare, Congresswoman Hochul supports leveraging the purchasing power of prescription drugs; removing waste, fraud and abuse; and implementing tele-health services to save time and costs.

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