You know, you really need to actually read the articles.
Much of the savings would come from freezing reimbursement rates for most health care providers for three years.
In other words, this would be those wonderful "negotiated" controls on drug and service prices touted by nearly everyone pushing national medical care. Pelosi burbles about the cuts instinctively, just like you, but in point of fact, this is exactly how national health care proponents say they will save costs.
Savings also would come by charging wealthier people higher monthly premiums for Medicare’s drug program.
Soak the rich...check.
Not really seeing a problem here from the liberal point of view, unless we're going back to that old song where if the government isn't allowed to expand like a cancerous fungus every year, the planet will somehow implode.