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Three Reasons Why The Medicare Reforms In Ryan’s New ‘Path To Prosperity’ Still Set Us On The Wrong Track
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) has released a new version of his ‘Path To Prosperity’ budget that makes significant concessions from Ryan’s original plan to privatize the Medicare program, but would still take us down a fairly bumpy road that could throw many seniors out of the car altogether. Like last year’s Ryan/Wyden reform [...]
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Three Reasons Why Ryan’s Medicare Plan Is Not Like Medicare Part D
Ezra Klein takes down Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) claim that his Medicare reform plan is just like the current Medicare Part D program. Klein identifies three problems: “The first is that it’s misleading on what’s driving cost growth in... Read Post
Morning CheckUp: March 19, 2012
GOP prepares new Medicare reform plan: “Budget Committee chairman, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), is fashioning a sequel to last year’s “Path to Prosperity” manifesto that ignited a firestorm over Medicare.” Ryan is scheduled to release the... Read Post
Cantor Sees Current Medicare and Medicaid Programs As A ‘Safety Net’ For ‘People Who Frankly Don’t Need One’
Having secured “draconian” cuts in a last-minute budget deal last week, House Republicans are hyping House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) new “Path to Prosperity” plan. The proposal professes to reform programs like Medicare and... Read Post