In his debt limit speech before a Wall Street crowd at the Economic Club of New York Monday evening, House Speaker John Boehner defended the GOP’s Medicare plan in broad terms. But in particular, he defended one aspect of the proposal that’s largely distinct from its two most controversial parts — privatization, and deep benefit cuts. Specifically, Boehner endorsed the idea that Medicare — whether private or public — should be means tested.
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