Manchin Calls for Bipartisan Deal on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., called Thursday for a bipartisan deal to protect the solvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, programs that face potential serious funding problems.

“You’re going to get your financial house in order. We cannot live with this crippling debt,” Manchin told Fortune’s Alan Murray at a CEO conference.

When asked if he sees areas of potential compromise in the next Congress, Manchin responded: “If we don’t look at the trust funds that are going bankrupt, whether they be Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, highway, all the ones — there are tremendous problems right now. If we can’t come to grips of how we face the financial challenge that this country has, then we’re all going to be paying a price that we can’t afford.”… (Excerpt from Newsmax)