WASHINGTON - Several senators said Thursday that looking for new ways to pay for President Donald Trump’s sprawling bill on the domestic agenda, Republicans are exploring the idea of ​​cutting “waste, fraud and abuse” in Medicare.

They say President Donald Trump blesses the pursuit.

"I think anything possible - waste, fraud and abuse are obviously open to discussions," Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters.

Republicans are primarily studying Medicaid in search of savings, but they are willing to look at other plans, he said.

"It is well known that the focus has been addressing the abuse in waste, fraud, Medicaid, but now we are willing to advise people to know clearly about other areas in other areas, that waste, fraud and abuse can take root in any government program," Thune said.

Medicare has historically been regarded as the third political railway, with plan members on both sides always being alert to the touch and worried about opposition from older voters.

But RN.D. Senator Kevin Cramer said they should not be afraid to reduce waste in Medicare.

"Why don't we go there? I think we should do that," Kramer said.

He added: "Some people are afraid of the subject; I am not." They will focus on waste, fraud and abuse. "I think this is a moment for us as Republicans who control these three branches, and we should take more financial responsibility. Some are asking about this. Others are struggling."

Senate Republicans said they discussed the issue in a closed-door meeting, and Trump also raised Trump when Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee met him on Wednesday.

"What the president made clear is that (he) doesn't want to see any cuts from the beneficiary. But to follow him, he repeated again - waste, fraud and abuse, waste, fraud and abuse."

Discussions conducted a policy debate that could have explosive political implications. Medicare is a very popular program that provides health insurance for people over 65 years old, and Democrats are already attacking new Republican discussions on changes to the program.

"A plan 66 million Americans rely on is not waste, fraud or abuse - it provides lives for Republicans to push their gut health insurance voters," Ken Martin, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said in a statement Thursday. "Let's keep it clear: Donald Trump gives Republicans a green light to integrate life-saving medication and torn health insurance to fund billionaires' tax handouts. These dangerous attacks are as shameful as unwelcome dangerous attacks and will cost Republicans the Republican seats, whose seats are in the middle."

Republican leaders are looking for ways to reduce the cost of bills passed by the House, while the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office project will add $2.4 trillion to national debt over the next decade. It includes Medicaid and health spending cuts that Republicans call “waste, fraud and abuse”, and the CBO estimates will result in a decrease of 10.9 million insurers.

Still, some conservative senators insist on ease of red ink vote in favor of the bill. It is unclear how Senate Republicans will define “waste, fraud and abuse” in terms of health insurance.

The Republican Party has doubts on its pursuit of this path.

R-Mo. Senator Josh Hawley said: "What a horrible idea. We shouldn't touch on health insurance.

“In 2004, President Bush was re-elected and quickly tried to privatize Social Security, and Republicans didn’t win a referendum in 20 years,” Hawley said. “So if you don’t want to win the election again, just fiddle with the health insurance of the people they work hard.”

When Republicans began following Medicaid to save, Hawley initiated similar criticism, but said he supported most of the spending cuts in the bill passed by the House, including job requirements and eligibility rules.

The discussion about Medicare is news from some Republicans.

"I haven't heard any discussion about cutting Medicare. It's an important plan for people to win benefits for, and I won't say it will never say it because maybe there's some waste, fraud, abuse, abuse, abuse, kind of language, but I certainly don't support cutting Medicare benefits," Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told reporters.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on what specific health insurance Trump changes.

According to the legislation’s description, a potential senator mentioned is a bipartisan bill that would “improve the Medicare Advantage Plan to assess patients’ health risks and reduce overpayments for care.” The bill is called the "No Upgrade Act" by R-La. Sens. BillCassidy and Jeff Merkley of D-Ore are co-sponsored.

A recent CBO report said the bill's policy could save $124 billion in 10 years.

“Saying it has bipartisan support is an underestimated support,” Cassidy told NBC News. “I think it will be a reasonable way to protect it, not cut benefits, you are caring for patients, but you are trying to rescue the program.”