All But 5 Senate Republicans Vote To End Medicare

The GOP continued its bloody walk into the Medicare buzzsaw on Wednesday, when 42 out of 47 Senate Republicans voted for the House GOP budget, and its plan to phase out and privatize the popular entitlement program.

The budget failed by a vote of 57-40. But the roll call illustrates that Medicare privatization — along with deep cuts to Medicaid and other social services — remains the consensus position of the GOP despite the growing political backlash against them.

It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out. It might even prevent the GOP from gaining ground in the senate. If it goes really bad it might even cost them congress.