claim: "we just fought a republican budget that ends medicare as we know it."
author: david cicilline
evidence_1: oct 17, 2018 ... trump has been meeting with senior advisers about the budget in recent ... “we  need to make sure the public knows exactly what's up,” van hollen said. ... pacs  had accused democrats of plotting to “end medicare” by expanding it ... “just like  social security, medicare is a pillar of retirement security and ...
evidence_2: oct 4, 2017 ... here's what we know. ... probably not and, well, we just don't know yet. ... a fight  over health care would jeopardize tax reform, the party's new hope .... a catch:  republicans certainly could end up cutting medicare, or medicaid, ...
evidence_3: jun 19, 2018 ... the budget, which claims to balance by 2027 through $8 trillion in spending cuts,  ... after the election to ram through republican-only legislation. ... for a repeal of  the affordable care act, ending medicare as we know it, and ...
evidence_4: oct 26, 2017 ... the federal welfare state would be rolled back in just about every ... but the  republican budget does cut medicare, by $473 billion over 10 years, or 5.5  percent, rising to a 9 percent cut by 2027. ... all that we know is that a world  where this budget's limits are respected .... now she has to fight to keep her job.
evidence_5: apr 7, 2011 ... house budget committee votes to end medicare as we know it ...  this was the only amendment offered to prevent medicare's ... “the republican  majority has called their budget a path to ... it is a shame that this amendment  was not adopted, but i will continue to fight to protect medicare.”.