The plan would strengthen traditional Medicare by permanently maintaining it as a guaranteed and viable option for all of our Nations retirees. At the same time, the plan would expand choice for seniors by allowing the private sector to compete with Medicare in an effort to offer seniors better quality and more affordable health choices.Ryan goes on to point out that:
Americans over the age of 55 would see no changes to the Medicare system. For future retirees, starting in 2022, the plan would introduce a "premium support" that would empower Medicare beneficiaries to choose either a traditional Medicare, or a Medicare approved private plan. The healthcare plans that participate in the Medicare exchange would be required to offer benefits that are at least as comprehensive as those covered by traditional Medicare. Participating plans would be forbidden to charge discriminatory premiums, and would be required to cover everyone regardless of age, gender or health status.This plan should make providing Medicare more efficient and potentially less costly. Of course, Sherrod Brown (OH),the most liberal Senator in Congress was quick to call that this plan is "Lipstick on a pig." Clearly, Brown does not support the notion that seniors are able to choose between traditional Medicare and a private Healthcare plan. In fact, he may be worried that tax paying retirees would prefer a private medical plan over a government plan. It seems that the only choice Brown supports is the dismembering of unborn humans. America and Ohio need leadership who will tackle the entitlement crisis. Like the President and the democratic members of Congress, Brown wants to ignore the looming crisis, while adding to it by passing Obamacare which cuts $500b from Medicare. This $500b in cuts was used to create the illusion that Obamacare would cut the deficit. That lie has been exposed. If Brown really cared for seniors, he would be an enthusiastic proponent of entitlement reform.
Here is a chart that exposes the size of the entitlement crisis:
Sherrod Brown is concentrating on China's currency manipulation and is the author of a bipartisan bill to crack down on the practice that some business leaders have called the most important jobs bill in Congress right now.
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So since the NEW Ryan plan exempts current seniors from this choice, does that mean Paul Ryan hates seniors, too?
ReplyDeleteModern: Ryan is trying to preserve Medicare. I'm not sure what Brown wants to do, but it's clear that he is not interested in reforming the program so it will be there for future seniors.
ReplyDeleteModern; I doubt that China gives a hoot what Brown, Obama or Congress has to say about their currency manipulation. It is important to Brown because U.S. business is so heavily invested in China and they are suffering the affect of the cash manipulations. Maybe they should have kept more production and manufacturing jobs here instead!
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