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SEN. MCCONNELL: RYAN MEDICARE PLAN IS ‘ON THE TABLE’

From The Blaze

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Republican in the Senate says a controversial House Medicare plan is “on the table” as President Barack Obama and his GOP rivals wrestle over budget cuts to enact this summer.

Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press” that he supports the controversial plan by Rep. Paul Ryan to transform Medicare into a voucher-like system in which future beneficiaries — those 54 and younger — would get subsidies to buy health insurance rather than have the government directly pay their doctor and hospital bills.

But McConnell noted that there’s a Democrat in the White House. That means that the Ryan plan is effectively dead for now. The measure by the Wisconsin Republican congressman also fell well short in a Senate vote last week.

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Posted by gadsden on May 30 2011. Filed under Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

1 Comment for “SEN. MCCONNELL: RYAN MEDICARE PLAN IS ‘ON THE TABLE’”

  1. It is apparent that people making all of these decisions will never have the need to use these programs. They are above average in earnings and continue to give themselves nice raises each year. Not to mention the wonderful health insurance that we provide for them. How about stopping the bleeding of our nation and ending the wars. That would stop the 10 Billion hemorrhages each and every month.

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