Save Money By Gutting Senior’s Medicare On the campaign trail, Trump promised — repeatedly — he wouldn’t cut Medicare benefits, but that was then: Trump promised over and over to ‘save’ Medicare. He also promised to save Medicaid and Social Security. Will he? This is now: Seniors will pay the price for Trump’s Medicare cuts. Trump released his 2019 budget last week, and it included $266 billion in cuts to Medicare, which provides health insurance to 58 million Americans 65 and older and people with certain disabilities. Howard Gleckman, a contributor for Forbes, breaks down the proposed changes: What Trump’s Budget Would Mean For Seniors — Medicare drug benefit would be restructured to reduce costs for some beneficiaries but raise them for others. “Trump has proposed eliminating cost-sharing for seniors with very high prescription drug costs, but at the same time he’d increase out-of-pocket expenses for many others, especially those who have significant…