And the Congressional Budget Office said in March that the health-care overhaul's Medicare savings "would be used to pay for other spending and therefore would not enhance the ability of the government to pay for future Medicare benefits."
This sounds rather dire. Fortunately, the linked document does not say that. According to the CBO, "the majority of the HI trust fund savings ... would be used to pay for other spending". There is a massive difference between the HI (a.k.a. Medicare Part A) trust fund and Medicare. Medicare includes Part A and Part B. Obamacare reduced the Part A unfunded obligations by $11 trillion, and Part B by $5.5 trillion. Even if all (not just "a majority") of the savings from Part A were used for other spending, Obamacare still reduced the unfunded obligations facing America by $5.5 trillion. This is much better than the $9.7 trillion increase due to Medicare Part D, for which Ryan voted.
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