House Budget Committee Approves Budget Resolution, Which Includes Medicare and Medicaid Proposals of Concern

On March 16, 2016, the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee approved a fiscal year 2017 budget resolution, including Medicare and Medicaid proposals. The budget resolution, which proposes $1.07 trillion in discretionary spending for FY2017 and $7 trillion in deficit reduction over ten years, would change Medicare into a premium-based system, combine Medicare Part A…