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I think he is sympathetic to the worth of SS and Medicare and that is why he wants to preserve them. He is not the one to worry about as much as those who want to eliminate for reasons of ideology
Ryan's concept of preservation of Medicare is not preservation, it is destruction. Simply because most on Medicare just can not afford to pay market prices for health insurance. They will opt out of Medicare and in large numbers at that. Which in itself will destroy the program.
Ryan knows that. You are deluding yourself if you think otherwise.
However, I don't think Ryan is going to prevail on this issue.
The Republicans have been itching to get rid of our government funded safety net programs for decades. Here is their chance! Don't fall for their propaganda, they don't care if us peons go broke paying for healthcare. I cannot think of one single program that Republicans have implemented to help the taxpayers as far as safety nets. No, I don't think the Democrats are the next best thing since sliced bread, but I KNOW they wouldn't actually destroy our safety nets. It's almost mind boggling to read others who think that Ryan, et al. want to preserve our safety net. It truly is delusional.
Ryan's concept of preservation of Medicare is not preservation, it is destruction. Simply because most on Medicare just can not afford to pay market prices for health insurance. They will opt out of Medicare and in large numbers at that. Which in itself will destroy the program.
Ryan knows that. You are deluding yourself if you think otherwise.
However, I don't think Ryan is going to prevail on this issue.
You will get base coverage. Above that U pay for. Somebody has to pay. This stuff isn't free
You will get base coverage. Above that U pay for. Somebody has to pay. This stuff isn't free
Base coverage? Where is that promised in Ryan's plan? All Republican medicare 'reform' plans talk about 'decreased utilization' it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that the only way you achieve that is by pricing care out of reach of millions of people.
And by the way, schools aren't free, police departments aren't free, highways aren't free...but we find a way to collectively pay for them...why not health care?
Folks, millions have gone without health insurance and will die without it if they become ill. The poor in many states especially in the south don't have health care. If the ACA is repealed millions who currently have won't anymore unless a replacement provides for. We as seniors can as a group just join the ranks of the millions who face death if we can't afford the eventual price of Medicare.
You will get base coverage. Above that U pay for. Somebody has to pay. This stuff isn't free
Base coverage? What's that? An X-ray, a blood test? An asperin? Stuff like that?
Would it include surgeries, cancer treatment, etc? No insurance company would insure these 65, 70, 80 for those things at any kind of reasonable prices that most in that age group could afford.
Sorry, not gonna happen. You are dreaming, not dealing with reality.
Base coverage? Where is that promised in Ryan's plan? All Republican medicare 'reform' plans talk about 'decreased utilization' it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that the only way you achieve that is by pricing care out of reach of millions of people.
And by the way, schools aren't free, police departments aren't free, highways aren't free...but we find a way to collectively pay for them...why not health care?
They provide a service considered important to the growth and security of society. What is the value added of seniors not working and living on SS who can't afford $7500 per year for their health insurance. We may not have elected people who care. In fact the data shows seniors preferred them when they voted
Base coverage? What's that? An X-ray, a blood test? An asperin? Stuff like that?
Would it include surgeries, cancer treatment, etc? No insurance company would insure these 65, 70, 80 for those things at any kind of reasonable prices that most in that age group could afford.
Sorry, not gonna happen. You are dreaming, not dealing with reality.
A separate pool with coverage based on what reasonable budget allocation will provide. I have been of the posters in the forum who for years said a couple needs 300k for medical overage and we are often told we are crazy. Oh well!
Obama appointed a commission. Sometimes referred to as Bowles-Simpson,or BS for short. This bipartisan committee members were all deficit hawks selected by Obama. The committee never reached agreement on anything. So Simpson and Bowles made their own recommendations to Obama. They recommended three different ways to cut Social Security benefits. Obama selected on of these options, the chained CPI. Most of the big name Democrats supported Obama. Obama's only problem was, the Republicans refused to accept any Obama budget plan, even if it included the chained CPI which they also wanted.
When I wrote my Democrat senator from Indiana, Donnelly, asking that he not support cutting benefits, he wrote back that "tough choices" would have to be made regarding Social Security.
There are many Democrats who will cave in an instant when it comes to Social Security. Actually, I should not save cave, as Obama pushed the chained CPI for several years. He never promised to preserve Social Security benefits.
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