Paul Ryan wants Donald Trump to let him privatize Medicare, gut Obamacare

Salon ^ | 11/11/2016 | TAYLOR LINK

[bobk3]

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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[COBOL2Java]

[stocksthatgoup]

Sit down Paul

[goldstategop]

Ryan is dreaming.

No one is going to touch Medicare. Seniors vote.

[dfwgator]

“I’m old.....Gimme Gimme Gimme!”

[taildragger]

Yes and no. Whatever the final form of Obamacare's replacement is ( HSA + Direct Primary Care are the big ones ) it should be a template for a private option for: The VA, Medicaid & Medicare.

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...

[zerosix]

First - never trust nor listen to anything on Salon; secondly - never, ever allow Paul Ryan in charge of anything!

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!

[oh8eleven]

Medicare is going to have price controls
Yeah, because price controls worked so well in the past. Not.
BTW, Medicare is just another FAILED program foisted on Americans by DemocRats.

[DoodleDawg]

Ryan has advocated transforming Medicare from a federal program to a private model where seniors would rely on federal subsidies to buy private insurance.

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?

[max americana]

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..

[ptsal]

Dump Ryan

[oh8eleven]

I'm old and I want what I paid for while I worked for 50 years.

[Pearls Before Swine]

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.

[COBOL2Java]

"C'mon, Mr. President-Elect! Let's make a deal - you can trust me; I make deals in Congress all the time!"

[Mr. Douglas]

“Gut” is not synonymous with “repeal”.

It needs to be repealed.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

President Trump will tell Paul Rino when he can speak.

[painter]

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.

[Mount Athos]

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.

[Mr. Douglas]

Most importantly, it should not be a “gutted” version of Obamacare.

Repeal obamacare and then build a replacement.