Reply #5: Nonsense!

[ProSense]

Think Progress :

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Indeed, the two approaches are very different. Ryan would cut Medicare by simply “reducing the amounts that the federal government would pay for enrollees on a per capita basis” — i.e. cutting the federal government’s contribution to the program and shifting those costs on the individual.

The Affordable Care Act, on the other hand, slows growth in the program by eliminating overpayments to private insurers, getting rid of waste in the program and slowly phasing in payment adjustments that encourage providers to deliver care more efficiently. As a result the law extends the life of the Medicare trust fund by 12 years and allows seniors to retain all of their guaranteed Medicare benefits.

"If Ryan's plan were to be applied to the working/middle class, it would be seen as a major progressive improvement to the present system of 'tough luck-- you're on your own' Darwinian market-based health coverage."

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