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From: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/07/23/3683804/jeb-bush-medicare/
GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush suggested that the United States should figure out a way to phase out Medicare, the federal program that provides insurance to more than 50 million elderly and disabled people, at a political event on Wednesday night.
MSNBC reports that Bush was speaking at event sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, a right-wing group backed by the billionaire Koch Brothers that has doggedly advocated against fully implementing the Affordable Care Act.
In his comments, Bush referenced Rep. Paul Ryans (R-WI) politically contentious plan to radically restructure the Medicare program which independent analysts predicted would more than double health costs for the average 65-year-old and criticized progressive lawmakers for failing to engage with Ryans proposals. Despite recent evidence that the programs finances are secure, the former Florida governor suggested that Medicare isnt solvent.
I think a lot of people recognize that we need to make sure we fulfill the commitment to people that have already received the benefits, that are receiving the benefits. But that we need to figure out a way to phase out this program for others and move to a new system that allows them to have something because theyre not going to have anything, Bush said.
As MSNBCs Steve Benen points out, the position that the United States should end Medicare altogether is radical even among Republicans, who typically avoid taking the stance that the massive federal health program should be eliminated.
Just another page from the GOP playbook defined perfectly in my sig.
GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush suggested that the United States should figure out a way to phase out Medicare, the federal program that provides insurance to more than 50 million elderly and disabled people, at a political event on Wednesday night.
MSNBC reports that Bush was speaking at event sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, a right-wing group backed by the billionaire Koch Brothers that has doggedly advocated against fully implementing the Affordable Care Act.
In his comments, Bush referenced Rep. Paul Ryans (R-WI) politically contentious plan to radically restructure the Medicare program which independent analysts predicted would more than double health costs for the average 65-year-old and criticized progressive lawmakers for failing to engage with Ryans proposals. Despite recent evidence that the programs finances are secure, the former Florida governor suggested that Medicare isnt solvent.
I think a lot of people recognize that we need to make sure we fulfill the commitment to people that have already received the benefits, that are receiving the benefits. But that we need to figure out a way to phase out this program for others and move to a new system that allows them to have something because theyre not going to have anything, Bush said.
As MSNBCs Steve Benen points out, the position that the United States should end Medicare altogether is radical even among Republicans, who typically avoid taking the stance that the massive federal health program should be eliminated.
Just another page from the GOP playbook defined perfectly in my sig.
