Obama's State of the Union Address Touches on Health Care Issues

California Healthline

During the first State of the Union address of his second term, President Obama on Tuesday acknowledged that rising health care costs are the biggest driver of U.S. debt but argued against major reductions to entitlement programs to rein in those costs, The Hill reports. Instead, Obama reiterated his proposals to reduce entitlement spending through "modest reforms," such as reducing Medicare's payments for prescription drugs, raising premiums for higher-income Medicare beneficiaries and continuing to reform the way health care services are delivered.

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