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Obama-Boehner 2011 Talks a Starting Point for Fiscal Cliff Deal

Medicare and Social Security adjustments could again be part of negotiations

By Heidi Przybyla and Mike Dorning, Bloomberg | Updated on November 09, 2012

The blueprint for a deal to avoid a fiscal nightmare early next year may be found in the failed debt negotiations between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner in mid-2011.

Part of their talks on a $4 trillion deficit-cutting plan included a gradual increase in the Medicare eligibility age to 67 and an alternative yardstick for calculating inflation that would reduce annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments.

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