Even A Majority of Republicans Don’t Want Medicare Turned into a Voucher Program

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Even A Majority of Republicans Don’t Want Medicare Turned into a Voucher Program
By: Jon Walker Thursday August 16, 2012 10:04 am

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They have your best interests at heart, honest.

Turning Medicare into a voucher program or a “premium support” program, as Rep. Paul Ryan would describe his plan for Medicare, is highly unpopular with basically all segments of the American people, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation poll. The poll found 58 percent want to keep Medicare as is, including 55 percent of Republicans. From Kaiser Family Foundation:

Which of these two descriptions comes closer to your view of what Medicare should look like in the future?

58%…. Option A: Medicare should continue as it is today, with the government guaranteeing all seniors the same set of health insurance benefits

36%…. Option B: Medicare should be changed to a system in which the government guarantees each senior a fixed amount of money to help them purchase coverage either from traditional Medicare or from a list of private health plans 36%
http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/8342.cfm

This is probably the most generous way to describe Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan, which Mitt Romney has now seemed to fully embrace, and it is still opposed by a solid majority of the public.


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[indepat]

1. der Mittens and Paul don't give a diddle-dy-f*ck what Republicans think, knowing most will vote

Republican no matter how often they are going to be gang-raped by rw policies and actions.

[DCKit]

2. I hope a majority of Republicans also know they can't elect Romney/Ryan...

and a whole bunch more Teabaggers to Congress, then reason/negotiate with them later regarding taxes, Medicare, Medicaid, SS and all the other social safety net programs.

[dawg]

3. Most non-rich Republican voters don't think all of this is real.

Their heroes wouldn't really ruin Medicare. Why, that's just a liberal lie. Didn't factcheck.org say that ending Medicare as we know it was the lie of the year?

[AndyTiedye]

4. That Nice Man Wouldn't Really Throw Them Off a Cliff, Would He?

Link this everywhere.