Friday, January 28, 2011
Replace Medicare benefits with worthless coupons
In a nutshell, that describes the Republican/Teabagger plan to eliminate Medicare and pretty much any useful health care 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.Now Medicare pays for most necessary medical procedures. The Republican/Teabaggers want to give everybody a fixed amount of money which won't come near to paying the full cost of an insurance policy. And the gap will widen as you get older, assuming you can find someone who will write a policy for you in your seventies and older. If you do find a policy you will be able to afford only 1 year out of four with the other three saving money and vouchers for the year you buy. This is what Republican/Teabaggers call a good deal.
Party leaders will determine if the so-called voucher plan will be part of the budget Republicans put forward in the spring...
Under Ryan's plan, current Medicare recipients would get to stay in the program. People within 10 years of eligibility - ages 55 to 64 - would also go into Medicare. But those now 54 and under would get a fixed payment from the government when they become eligible at age 65. They would be able to use the voucher to buy a Medicare-approved private plan from a menu of coverage levels and options.
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