The White House has previously drawn the line for healthcare cuts at $400 billion.
The plan set up by Mr. Simpson and Mr. Bowles, a Republican and Democrat, respectively, to avoid $85 billion in automatic cuts — better known as sequestration — effective March 1 would fall above President Barack Obama’s mark of $1.5 trillion over the next decade but below Republicans’ aim of $4 trillion without new taxes.
The healthcare spending reductions would come from “provider and beneficiary incentives,” as well as shrinking provider payments, cost-sharing, raising premiums for the wealthy, reducing drug costs and improving efficiency in healthcare, according to the report.
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