Ryan’s Medicare plan would be tricky to pull off
August 13, 2012 at 6:19 am in Grand Forks Herald
The idea behind Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan is to slow growing costs and keep the program more affordable for the long haul. But it’s all in the details. The Republican-backed shift to private insurance plans could saddle future retirees with thousands of dollars a year in additional bills. Continue Reading
I fail to see how siphoning off billions to insurance companies is going to fix health care. We’ve tried that a bit, Madicare Advantage has resulted in higher costs and less health care for seniors.
So instead of saying that isn’t working, Ryan wants to expand it. Somehow the companies are supposed to fix things. I think all they will do is what they do now, raise premiums, create more hoops to jump through, try and make it so people don’t get health care, they just die or suffer chronically from preventable health problems.
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