HealthCare Notes

8/28/12

"Path to Prosperity?" Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan Looks Like a Path to the Poorhouse

"Path to Prosperity?" Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan Looks Like a Path to the Poorhouse
"So one has to wonder how Messrs Ryan and Romney think making our senior citizens pay a lot more for care under a privatized Medicare program could even remotely be a Path to Prosperity for most of us. Could it be that they're not thinking -- or even caring -- about most of us but about people who, like them, have such big 401(k) accounts they'll be able to do just fine in their golden years regardless of how Medicare is structured?"