In addition to this massive Increase in discretionary spending. the budget entails a whole group of entitlements. It expands Medicaid in two different ways. It overturns welfare reform from last year and reinstitutes welfare benefits for illegal immigrants. It expands food stamps and. together with mandatory and entitlement programs. it spends roughly another 35 billion. Then the major savings claimed in the budget is in Medicare. but virtually all these savings come from lowering reimbursement to doctors and hospitals. because what the negotiators did is they not only picked the number of $115 billion. but they committed to the Clinton policy.
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