Even some of the president's Republican allies are beginning to express concern about the effects the Medicare cuts could ultimately have.

A hundred billion dollars in Medicare cuts are not politically possible.

She conceded that the Medicare cuts amounted to "a little progress on tackling some of the difficult political issues."

Senate budget writers had stripped some Medicare cuts sought by the president and added other spending before even bringing it to the floor.

The Medicare cuts apply to additional payments that teaching hospitals receive to help them cover the costs of training new doctors.

He said he would do his part to see to it that the new Medicare cuts are eliminated.

The Democratic proposal today called for $2 billion in Medicare cuts and $900 million from farm subsidies.

Medicare cuts would be capped, limited to the provider side.

And new Medicare cuts are expected this year from Washington.

In public they talk about economic stimulus, energy taxes, Medicare cuts and the proper ratio of tax increases to spending reductions.