From the piece:
They wouldn’t add up to a massive overhaul of the system, and Democrats are trying to push the biggest Medicare savings off the table — and they don’t want to touch Medicaid at all.
Even so, the ideas that already have been blessed by groups on the left could allow President Barack Obama to get the discussion on entitlements going without infuriating his base.
Here are the highlights of the Democratic entitlement reform menu:
