The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism: on Health Care


Christine O`Donnell: OpEd: Medicare vouchers dwindle in value after 2021

Ryan proposed to get rid of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 and eliminate Medicare as it has been known since 1965, starting with Americans who turn 65 years old in 2021. Until then, retired Americans would enjoy, as they do now, health care largely covered by public funds, even if they become very sick or disabled in old age. After that, older Americans would have to absorb thousands of dollars per year in higher costs because the Ryan plan would merely give them vouchers of dwindling value to try to buy something on the private market. Private insurance companies, needless to say, are not anxious to sell reasonably priced health plans to older people.
Source: The Remaking of Republican Conservatism, p.175 Jan 2, 2012

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