House GOP considers privatizing Medicare!

[Bravo Zulu]

WASHINGTON – Months after they hammered Democrats for cutting Medicare, House Republicans are debating whether to relaunch their quest to privatize the health program for seniors. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is testing support for his idea to replace Medicare with a fixed payment to buy a private medical plan from a menu of coverage options.

Party leaders will determine if the so-called voucher plan will be part of the budget Republicans put forward in the spring.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110128/ap_on_re_us/us_medicare_republicans

[dkf]

1. Which insurance company wants to cover a 70 year old?

Good luck with that idea.

[gateley]

2. I am so sick of those assholes! nt

[pacalo]

3. The boy king who had to have his way made a big production out of

his traveling sideshow to sell the idea. What happened is he backed off. That should tell us something when the most partisan president in our time backs away: There must be a lot of Republicans who like the Social Security program, because it works.

[oh08dem]

4. The new softer GOP healthcare plan:

"Here's a coupon, now die."