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NEW GOP HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON HAS PROPOSED TRILLIONS IN CUTS TO
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
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Jake Johnson
October 25, 2023
Common Dreams
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_ "Now that Johnson is speaker, he will do what the Republicans never
stop doing—everything in their power to cut our Social Security and
Medicare, by hook, crook, or commission." _
Rep. Mike Johnson speaking after his selection as House Speaker.,
(Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
The newly elected Republican speaker of the U.S. House of
Representatives has previously proposed trillions of dollars
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Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid and suggested that slashing
the programs should be the top priority
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Congress.
During his tenure as chair of the Republican Study Committee (RSC)
between 2019 and 2021, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) helped craft budget
resolutions that called for roughly $2 trillion in Medicare cuts, $3
trillion in Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts, and $750 billion in
Social Security Cuts, noted
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of the Center for American Progress.
Alex Lawson, executive director of the progressive advocacy
group Social Security Works
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Wednesday statement following the speakership vote that the budget
proposals released by the Johnson-led RSC also endorsed raising the
Social Security retirement age, lowering annual cost-of-living benefit
increases, and advancing privatization efforts.
"Multimillionaire Johnson has also made the outrageous claim
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forced births are necessary to fund Social Security," said Lawson,
referring to the Louisiana Republican's attempt
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blame _Roe v. Wade_ for depriving the U.S. of "able-bodied workers."
Lawson added that Johnson "recently joined the vast majority of House
Republicans to vote
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a commission
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to cut Social Security and Medicare behind closed doors."
"Now that Johnson is speaker, he will do what the Republicans never
stop doing—everything in their power to cut our Social Security and
Medicare, by hook, crook, or commission," said Lawson. "The White
House has rightfully referred
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such a commission as a 'death panel' for Social Security and Medicare.
Seniors and people with disabilities are counting on the Biden
administration, as well as Congressional Democrats, to stand united to
protect our earned benefits. That means rejecting any commission
proposal."
Johnson's positions on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are in
no way out of step with the overwhelming majority of the House
Republican caucus.
Earlier this year, the RSC—now chaired by Rep. Kevin Hern
(R-Okla.)—issued a budget proposal
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called for gradually raising the Social Security retirement age to 69,
a change that would slash benefits across the board
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The RSC, which is comprised of three-quarters of the House GOP caucus,
also proposed turning Medicare into a voucher program and massively
cutting
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the Children's Health Insurance Program, and Affordable Care Act
subsidies.
_Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams._
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