Posted on 11/11/2016 12:17:01 PM PST by tekrat
House Speaker Paul Ryan has his eyes on privatizing Medicare.
The Wisconsin Republican leader, who has long expressed his disapproval of the Affordable Care Act, will also be the leading voice in health-care reform.
“What people don’t realize is that Medicare is going broke, that Medicare is going to have price controls. Because of Obamacare, Medicaid is in fiscal straits,” Ryan said in an interview with Fox News Thursday. “So you have to deal with those issues if you’re going to repeal and replace Obamacare. Medicare has got some serious problems because of Obamacare. Those things are part of our plan to replace Obamacare.”
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Like the rest of the Senate, Paul Ryan is owned by special interests.
President Trump, please do not trust Paul Ryan.
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Sit down Paul
Ryan is dreaming.
No one is going to touch Medicare. Seniors vote.
“I’m old.....Gimme Gimme Gimme!”
Prototype it with the VA and make the House and Senate get the same plan as the VA and make them work through the bugs etc before roll out. If it is good enough for ours that Serve, it is more than good enough for them...
He'd just as soon stab Trump in the back but also, even though his background is in accounting/economics, I think, he'll sell the American people out in favor of big business/insurance/pharma!
So how much would private healthcare insurance for an 84 year old with heart problems and Alzheimer's cost? And how much would the subsidy be?
Don’t worry. Trump never forgot that slight from Ryan about the support back then. He knows and just enjoying Ryan sweat for his job..
Dump Ryan
The government’s hand lies heavy on Medicare.
If you aren’t over 65, the odds are you don’t understand Medicare at all.
When GWB put in Medicare Part C, he essentially put in a privatized option. I was going to take it, but I turned 65 when Obamacare was in the wind, and the rumor was that rates for Part C would be going up because Obama was going to divert some of that income to the ACA.
If there was a truly privatized part of Medicare as an option, it would do well competing with the regular Medicare if it was well run. As it is, Medicare is pretty good, but it is price controlld by the government, and the price varies mightily between heavily supported and about fair. That is, your premium depends on your income.
“Gut” is not synonymous with “repeal”.
It needs to be repealed.
President Trump will tell Paul Rino when he can speak.
I’m not sure what Ryan has in mind, But Newt proposed that back in the 1990’s. How it works is a voucher is given to a retiree and he or she can shop for their own health insurance. Result would be better health coverage.
There isn’t anything more important to the success of the Trump presidency than dumping Ryan as Speaker.
Do not trust him, he wants to wreck you.
Do not underestimate the power of the speaker of the house.
Most importantly, it should not be a “gutted” version of Obamacare.
Repeal obamacare and then build a replacement.
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