If you are on Medicare, about to go onto Medicare, or intending to go onto Medicare, even if you just got your very first after school job, it it critical that you understand that Democrats are fighting to preserve Medicare, while Republicans are fighting to destroy it. Paul Ryan (R-Fitzwalkerstan) is back, and he is leading the charge to steal your benefits.
Republicans in the House of Representatives will put forward a budget plan this year that will seek substantial reforms to health benefits for the elderly and make aggressive strides toward reducing deficits, a senior lawmaker said on Friday.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said he wanted his budget plan to offer voters an alternative vision to the “cradle-to-grave welfare state” that he says Democratic President Barack Obama is promoting.
The House Republican budget resolution will contain reforms to Medicare, the healthcare program for Americans 62 and over, such as providing subsidies to help recipients pay for private insurance, based on their wealth and medical needs.
“We haven’t written it yet, but we’re not backing off on the kinds of reforms we’ve advocated,” Ryan told reporters at a retreat for House Republicans in Baltimore…
Inserted from <Raw Story>
Republicans intend to replace your Medicare, for which you have paid through deductions from your pay, that guarantees care, with a coupon that does NOT guarantee care. Because the face value of the coupon increases at a far slower rate then the increase in health care costs, the coupon will cover less and less every year. This clearly demonstrates that people, who say that there is no difference between the parties, are wrong. It is imperative that we put Democrats in the House, the Senate and the White House to protect our retirement years.
16 Responses to “Ryan Is Still Targeting Medicare”
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Republican Deficit Hypocrisy http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/19/republican-budget-hypocrisy-health-care-opinions-columnists-bruce-bartlett.html
Remember the Medicare drug benefit? Ryan signed on to this just like 95% of the rwepublians. What a joke this man is
That so needs to be reformed to eliminate the donut hole and allow negotiation in bulk.
I still say he and Eddie Munster were separated at birth …
Oh crap, you are so right Nameless! I used to think that little Eddie Munster was a cute kid, but now I think I’m going to hurl at the thought!
It pains me to announce that Edward Wolfgang, the actor who played Eddie Munster, has sued Nameless for libel and defamation of character.
Evil is what Evil does and I see these people and the hypocrisy they demonstrate as Evildoers; We ,husband and I, are on Social Security retirement ,with it we have Medicare, we are fortunate in that we both have pensions-We are very grateful for both programs because they work and they work well- Repugs have never been friends of the working class- but out right enmity is a recent aggression they are perpetrating , Shame on them–!!
Very well said, Phyllis!
“. . . alternative vision to the “cradle-to-grave welfare state” that he says Democratic President Barack Obama is promoting. . . . ”
I don’t understan how the Republican/Teabaggers can call the US under a Democratic President, a welfare state or a socialist state. They have no concept of either term.
Medicare is there to help the “elderly” but based on what you’re saying, benefits will decrease when they are needed most — in the more senior years. Universal health care has worked in Canada for years and is the legacy of Tommy Douglas, a well loved Prairie politician. It is not perfect — no system is perfect. But what healthcare has to do first is protect the most vulnerable. Healthcare should not be ‘for profit’.
I have to say that ‘The Path to Insanity”, which Ryan is holding up in the picture, must be a copy of the Republican/Teabagger proposed budget!
Now I am afraid the PM Harper, our Baby Bush wannabe, is trying to take us down a very similar path, away from universal healthcare which we have known for 50 years. I received the following today from the Council of Canadians.
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It is, Lynn. This would have been an ideal piece as that basis for your first article.
To go without Medicaire would be a tragedy for many. It is essential for the elderly till death.
Pat, I fully agree.
I LOVE SoINeedAName’s picture – LOL!!! I think it’s time for Wisconsin voters to target RYAN and remove him, along with Scott Walker, from office!
The lot of them should be voted out come re-election time in their states, if for no other reason than their obstructionism.
See my reply to Nameless and Amen.
They wouldn’t be trying to destroy Medicare if they had to depend on it like millions of Americans do.
Excellent point.