re: #21 iossarian

Because the GOP has flat-out stated that the whole point of the vouchers is that they wouldn’t increase in value in line with medical cost inflation.

In other words, they are explicitly promising to reduce the amount of care provided/paid for by the state, because by definition the purchasing power of the vouchers will decline.

Additionally, 20+% of those voucher dollars will be going to corporate profits and shareholders, not to medical care. Less than 3% of Medicare dollars go to overhead - actually I think it’s something like 1.4%.