[Occupymendocino] The-Ryan-plan-to-privatize-Medicare

[Richard Karch]

Pay more and get less: The Ryan plan to privatize Medicare

ne of the fights likely to come up early during the next administration is privatizing Medicare.

Tom Price, chairman of the House Budget Committee, has indicated Republicans will try to privatize Medicare in a budget reconciliation bill (a sneaky filibuster proof attack). 

You’re going to hear a lot about “choice” and “efficiency” and the amazingness of markets, but Ryan’s plan basically comes down to two things: 1) you will pay more, and 2) you will get less. 

Ryan’s proposal is for what he calls “premium support” programs. Think premium like an insurance premium, not like a Cadillac. The latter usage of the word is not a mistake though. The intent is to make it sound desirable.

The big change is that Medicare would no longer provide coverage for medical care but would be a subsidy towards the purchase of a privatized insurance plan. 

No surprise. Ryan wants to privatize Medicare...


http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/27/1602925/-Pay-more-and-get-less-The-Ryan-plan-to-privatize-Medicare?detail=email&link_id=5&can_id=977dbddaeb03416d8c9bff93998b05cd&source=email-trump-supporter-gets-lifetime-ban-on-delta-after-yelling-about-hillary-bitches-mid-flight&email_referrer=trump-supporter-gets-lifetime-ban-on-delta-after-yelling-about-hillary-bitches-mid-flight___137341&email_subject=the-associated-press-defined-alt-right-and-the-white-supremacists-are-not-going-to-like-it

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