GOP Wants to Send Seniors to the ER With a Voucher
Republican Senator Demands ‘Very Painful Cuts to Medicare’
The first real GOP plan comes out, but we already know from last time that Ryan tried this that the public won’t accept it. The fact that they are floating this again tells me that the GOP is not serious.
On Sunday, during an appearance on Meet the Press, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) reiterated his call for restructuring entitlement programs like Medicare, highlighting the “very painful cuts” he has proposed as part of a package to avert the fiscal cliff. Corker 242-page plan calls for a Paul Ryan-like proposal to transform the guaranteed Medicare benefit into a voucher plan for beneficiaries.
Host David Gregory seemed to agree with Corker’s characterization and pressed fellow panelist Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) to accept reforms that will shift health care costs to seniors in order to show that Democrats are “serious” about entitlements