By Mary Agnes Carey and Phil Galewitz

Kaiser Health News

Aug. 3, 2011

Steve Bell, senior director or the economic policy project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, said he expects the super committee will lead Congress to make some cuts to the deficit but no dramatic restructuring to entitlement programs. That’s because the savings goal is not high enough and the two political parties can’t agree on the main options to reduce spending in Medicare and Medicaid. "You will get out of this what you got out of the last four months—something mushy in the middle that does not address the underlying fiscal crisis," he said.

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