Head of Ways and Means says GOP will change Medicare, to 'save' it

Modern Healthcare:  The chairman of a key House committee is pledging that congressional Republicans will change Medicare in order to save it.GOP Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, head of the Ways and Means Committee, insisted Thursday that Republicans won't be deterred by the politics, even though Donald Trump won election as president on promises to protect the popular health care program for older Americans, and Democrats are already warning of a "war on seniors.""Democrat tactics of 'Mediscare' have been around a long time. They've stopped working," Brady told The Associated Press in an interview in the Capitol.

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