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NY Times: Don't Believe Republicans on Medicare

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2012
Posted on Sun Aug 19, 2012 at 01:10:00 AM EST
Tags: medicare, paul ryan (all tags)
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The New York Times has an editorial today on Obama and Romney/Ryan's dueling and confusing positions on Medicare. It fact checks the major points and concludes:

In the Medicare arena, the choice is between a Democratic approach that wants to retain Medicare as a guaranteed set of benefits with the government paying its share of the costs even if costs rise, and a Republican approach that wants to limit the government’s spending to a defined level, relying on untested market forces to drive down insurance costs.

The reform law is starting pilot programs to test ways to reduce Medicare costs without cutting benefits. Many health care experts have identified additional ways to shave hundreds of billions of dollars from projected spending over the next decade without harming beneficiaries.

It is much less likely that the Republicans, who have long wanted to privatize Medicare, can achieve these goals.

Paul Ryan speaks out of both sides of his mouth. He isn't going to protect Medicare. Since Romney/Ryan won't tell the truth about Medicare, why would Americans believe them about anything?

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    Oh, and (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by Ga6thDem on Sun Aug 19, 2012 at 05:39:19 AM EST
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