Boehner says stalemate persists in fiscal cliff talks The only way we can adequately cut spending in healthcare entitlements is to reform our healthcare system in a way that takes the profit out of it. Otherwise, we'll have to keep coming back to these fiscal cliffs as healthcare costs keep rising. In the meantime spending "cuts" mean nothing more than cutting benefits to Americans who need those benefits. We need affordable healthcare. Politicians are always saying that government's #1 job (when it's not getting rid of Obama) is to protect the people. They are failing miserably on the healthcare front. Death is death, whether you're dying from illness or from a terrorist attack. We need to do better, and save ourselves a lot of money, both as individuals and for our government.