Reply #59: Utter crap [View All]

Who do you think is eligible for medicare under the age of 65? I don't even see the word 'disabled' mentioned in his 'Progressive' plan. Under Ryan's plan, it actually raises the eligibility age to 67 in 2033.

'Under the proposal, most elderly people would pay more for their health care than they would pay under the current Medicare system. For a typical 65-year-old with average health spending enrolled in a plan with benefits similar to those currently provided by Medicare, CBO estimated the beneficiary’s spending on premiums and out-of-pocket expenditures as a share of a benchmark: what total health care spending would be if a private insurer covered the beneficiary. By 2030, the beneficiary’s spending would be 68 percent of that benchmark under the proposal, 25 percent under the extended-baseline scenario, and 30 percent under the alternative fiscal scenario.'

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/121xx/doc12128/04-05-Ryan_Letter.pdf


Which part of the 'Plan to Prosperity' is Progressive? Did you even read the plan?