Pelosi Slams Coburn-Lieberman Medicare Plan

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) released the following statement in response to a new plan unveiled today by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) aimed at cutting Medicare benefits for wealthier recipients:

“Any changes to Medicare must strengthen the Medicare system and improve the health of our seniors. It is unfair to ask seniors to get less in benefits and wait longer to get onto Medicare – all while Republicans back tax breaks for Big Oil and corporations that ship American jobs overseas. Just like the Republican plan to end Medicare, this proposal is unacceptable, especially for struggling middle-class Americans.”