While both political parties have spent the last few days promising they will not cut Social Security or Medicare, both programs are on a quick path to insolvency, a fact reporters pressed the White House about on Thursday.
was asked aboard Air Force One if Biden has a plan to fiscally protect the programs in the long term.
Jean-Pierre responded that Biden would continue to"fight for" the programs and"call out Republicans" about them. She also pointed to the Inflation Reduction Act as recent legislation strengthening Medicare., and his administration has doubled down on those attacks in recent weeks. However, nonpartisan groups have called out the president for ignoring financial problems with both." the issue.
During the State of the Union speech, Biden mentioned that he had a plan to shore up the Medicare Trust Fund but did not say the same for Social Security. Another reporter asked Jean-Pierre if that meant Biden does not have a plan for the latter program. Scott's plan didn't specify Social Security and Medicare, but the programs were created by federal law and would appear to be subject to the same need for reauthorization.
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