Black caucus chairman backs means testing to trim Medicare costs

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Black caucus chairman backs means testing to trim Medicare costs

By Elise Viebeck - 12/07/12 08:40 AM ET

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) on Friday proposed means testing Medicare benefits as a way to reduce the deficit, an indication that Democrats may be warming to the idea as a way to compromise with Republicans on the so-called fiscal cliff.

Cleaver, the influential chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, suggested Friday that more aggressive means testing would be a good alternative to cutting program benefits for seniors.

 

"I think most rational people, including Democrats, agree we have to make some cuts and deal with Medicare," Cleaver said on MSNBC's Morning Joe.