Robert Reich: Ryan Isn’t an Entitlement Reformer, He’s an Entitlement Destroyer

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Ryan Isn’t an Entitlement Reformer, He’s an Entitlement Destroyer

David Brooks in today’s New York Times commits the standard error of pundits who want to appear neutral but know the Romney-Ryan plan would be a disaster for America. He asserts that Ryan makes a serious effort at entitlement reform. “If you believe entitlement reform is essential for national solvency, then Romney-Ryan is the only train leaving the station.”

Baloney.

Ryan “reforms” Medicaid by destroying it – cutting the federal contribution by some $800 billion and then continuing the cuts after the first ten years until federal spending is a small fraction of what it is today...Ryan “reforms” food stamps by slashing them – reducing the federal contribution by around $125 billion and then, beyond the first decade, essentially ending the program..He “reforms” Medicare by substituting vouchers that can’t possibly keep up with the rising costs of health care.

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You want real entitlement reform? President Obama has begun it. Rational people would make sure he gets a second term to:

Use the government’s huge bargaining clout in Medicare and Medicaid to push down drug costs and the costs of medical providers, and to shift from a fee-for-services system to a payments-for-healthy-outcomes system.

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http://robertreich.org/post/29921157825

Krugman: What’s In The Ryan Plan?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021142015

[highplainsdem]

1. K&R!

[spanone]

2. k&r...

[jsr]

3. Yep

[flamingdem]

4. Same way they are destroying the Post Office

or rather similar -- mess it up enough that it's easier to shut it down

[Johonny]

5. Entitlement robber

he wants to take your money that you paid for medicare and give it to the already rich.