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Paul Ryan wants Donald Trump to let him privatize Medicare, gut Obamacare
Salon ^ | 11/11/2016 | TAYLOR LINK

Posted on 11/11/2016 12:17:01 PM PST by tekrat

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1 posted on 11/11/2016 12:17:01 PM PST by tekrat
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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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2 posted on 11/11/2016 12:18:46 PM PST by bobk3
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3 posted on 11/11/2016 12:18:50 PM PST by COBOL2Java ("He may be a sinner but she's the Devil" - a minister on the candidates)
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Sit down Paul


4 posted on 11/11/2016 12:19:50 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (When the MSM wants your opinion, they will give it to you)
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Ryan is dreaming.

No one is going to touch Medicare. Seniors vote.


5 posted on 11/11/2016 12:20:31 PM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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“I’m old.....Gimme Gimme Gimme!”


6 posted on 11/11/2016 12:21:09 PM PST by dfwgator
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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...

7 posted on 11/11/2016 12:21:45 PM PST by taildragger (Do you hear the people singing? The Song of Angry Men!....)
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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!

8 posted on 11/11/2016 12:22:17 PM PST by zerosix (native sunflower)
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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.
9 posted on 11/11/2016 12:23:01 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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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?

10 posted on 11/11/2016 12:23:10 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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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..


11 posted on 11/11/2016 12:23:29 PM PST by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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Dump Ryan


12 posted on 11/11/2016 12:23:31 PM PST by ptsal
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I'm old and I want what I paid for while I worked for 50 years.
13 posted on 11/11/2016 12:24:33 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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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.


14 posted on 11/11/2016 12:25:48 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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"C'mon, Mr. President-Elect! Let's make a deal - you can trust me; I make deals in Congress all the time!"


15 posted on 11/11/2016 12:25:59 PM PST by COBOL2Java ("He may be a sinner but she's the Devil" - a minister on the candidates)
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“Gut” is not synonymous with “repeal”.

It needs to be repealed.


16 posted on 11/11/2016 12:27:51 PM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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President Trump will tell Paul Rino when he can speak.


17 posted on 11/11/2016 12:28:09 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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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.


18 posted on 11/11/2016 12:28:27 PM PST by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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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.


19 posted on 11/11/2016 12:28:43 PM PST by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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Most importantly, it should not be a “gutted” version of Obamacare.

Repeal obamacare and then build a replacement.


20 posted on 11/11/2016 12:28:54 PM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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