Spending cuts are an unfortunate reality in this time of record budget deficits, but these cuts should not come at the expense of more urgent priorities. Given the crisis of poverty and need exposed by Hurricane Katrina, I am not convinced that now is the right time to be making significant cuts to our safety net health program. Max Baucus
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![[Johnson signed the Social Security Act amendments creating the Medicare and Medicaid programs on July 30, 1965. While the debate had raged for a decade about how Medicare would work,] there wasn't any thought given to Medicaid, ... There wasn't a hell of a lot of forethought to what the package meant. - Max Baucus Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0pvaG5zb24gc2lnbmVkIHRoZSBTb2NpYWwgU2VjdXJpdHkgQWN0IGFtZW5kbWVudHMgY3JlYXRpbmcgdGhlIE1lZGljYXJlIGFuZCBNZWRpY2FpZCBwcm9ncmFtcyBvbiBKdWx5IDMwLCAxOTY1LiBXaGlsZSB0aGUgZGViYXRlIGhhZCByYWdlZCBmb3IgYSBkZWNhZGUgYWJvdXQgaG93IE1lZGljYXJlIHdvdWxkIHdvcmssXSB0aGVyZSB3YXNuJ3QgYW55IHRob3VnaHQgZ2l2ZW4gdG8gTWVkaWNhaWQsIC4uLiBUaGVyZSB3YXNuJ3QgYSBoZWxsIG9mIGEgbG90IG9mIGZvcmV0aG91Z2h0IHRvIHdoYXQgdGhlIHBhY2thZ2UgbWVhbnQuIA==&author=ICBNYXggQmF1Y3VzICAgIA==&num=7 "[Johnson signed the Social Security Act amendments creating the Medicare and Medicaid programs on July 30, 1965. While the debate had raged for a decade about how Medicare would work,] there wasn't any thought given to Medicaid, ... There wasn't a hell of a lot of forethought to what the package meant. - Max Baucus Quotes")
