Sunday, 18 December 2011

Bipartisan Medicare-Medicare Reform-Conservatives-Game Changer-Objections

Why Wyden-Ryan is a Game Changer on Medicare Reform



Ron Wyden and Paul Ryan's Bipartisan Plan for Health Care and Medicare Reform
Why Wyden-Ryan is a Game Changer on Medicare Reform

Last week, I wrote a lengthy summary of the new bipartisan Medicare and health-care reform plan from Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.). Today, I’d like to address some of the objections to the plan from both conservatives and liberals. Wyden-Ryan isn’t perfect—no plan that can get through Congress will ever be—but it’s likely to be our best chance at getting both parties to come together. If Democrats and Republicans can’t come together for something along the lines of Wyden-Ryan, Medicare reform is dead. On the other hand, if it succeeds, Wyden-Ryan may turn out to be one of the most significant legislative initiatives of the decade. read more..

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