Veteran budget staffers offer differing views on deficit Medicare trigger
{mosads}”There are people in this town who I am sure are looking at it as better than what they would get if the supercommittee really reformed health care,” he said.
Hoagland, a CIGNA vice president, also said he sees no chance of the supercommittee going beyond $1.5 trillion in real deficit reduction, although it may come up with less concrete recommendations on entitlements. He said that the supercommittee has to come up with something, though, because markets will be watching.
Both men agreed that the supercommittee has unprecedented power.
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