New: MEDICARE is now on the table Senate Republicans are discussing ways to cut Medicare "waste, fraud and abuse" in the mega-bill And Trump has blessed that pursuit, they say. They're eager to find more savings to placate hardliners. @frankthorp & me: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-republicans-open-door-cutting-medicare-waste-trump-agenda-bill-rcna211346