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The proposed changes to Medicare differ from what Ryan had outlined last year, drawing instead on a proposal he co-authored with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon that would provide future seniors with a fixed amount of money they could use to purchase either a traditional Medicare-like healthcare plan or a privately run option.
Democratic attacks on the Ryan plan have focused on the Medicare overhaul, saying his initial plan would essentially end the entitlement program. On Tuesday, White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said the new plan "again fails the test of balance, fairness, and shared responsibility.
Originally Posted by CJ7
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Sometimes I don't read the articles posted by lefties. They're sort of predictable. I probably wouldn't read articles posted on astrology or phrenology either.
Since we're on the subject of health care and politics, any thoughts on the revised numbers on the cost of Obamacare. The CBO revised the ten year estimates from 940 billion to 1.76 trillion. That's almost double. I'm pretty sure if the more realistic numbers had been used two years ago, this horrible legislation would not have passed.
I remember when the CBO released the 940 billion figure; they qualified it by saying it was based on numbers provided by the Democrats. I knew then that the estimate was rigged.
Initial cost estimates for social welfare programs are ALWAYS ridiculously low. There's an audio tape on the net of LBJ and Ted Kennedy talking about the fact that the cost of the new Medicare program would double after the first year. Johnson was pissed that some other Democrat senator was expressing concern. Johnson wanted him to shut the hell up, or words to that effect.
Nothing ever changes.
