#shorts Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said, “But the fact that the president is saying this, and saying, ‘Well, you Republicans want to hurt Medicare,’ for example, I find to be quite ironic, extraordinarily, maybe even a tad hypocritical. In Washington D.C., you have to watch what people do, not what they say. In the waning days of the last Congress, once again, watching what people do, not what they say, President Biden, who has accused members of my party of wanting to hurt Medicare, tried to cut Medicare himself. These centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS), as you know, every year proposes a what’s called a physician’s fee schedule for doctors who treat Medicare patients. President Biden’s CMS last year proposed to cut all physician payments, all providers pay payments by four and a half percent. He didn’t want to lift up Medicare, he wanted to cut it. Not Republican”

On 2/16/2023, Kennedy spoke on the Senate floor refuting Pres. Biden and Democrats’ claims that Republicans wish to cut Medicare and entitlements. Kennedy’s speech comes after Biden’s repeated comments falsely accused congressional Republicans of aiming to cut Medicare. In December 2022, Kennedy attempted to pass his Protecting Medicare Patients and Physicians Act through the Senate by unanimous consent. The bill would have protected patients and health care providers from a total of 8.5 percent in planned Medicare cuts to physician reimbursements, but Democrats immediately blocked the bill. The bill would have required no new federal spending, but, instead, would have employed unused Covid money from the Provider Relief Fund that had been returned to the Department of Health and Human Services. Using those leftover funds to help patients and doctors who are suffering under the Biden administration’s historic levels of inflation would have represented a fiscally responsible solution to help vulnerable Americans.

Each year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services establishes a Physician Fee Schedule, which sets out how much a doctor gets paid for a particular service rendered. Kennedy’s legislation would have protected patients and health care providers from a total of 4.5 percent in planned Medicare cuts to physician reimbursements.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/IHoPJFQ_07o
Biden repeated GOPs wish to cut Medicare but CMS to cut all providers payments by 4.5%