re: #5 Buck

There is a lot more to the Ryan plan. However, yes there are changes, that are in the Ryan plan that could be folded into the current system

However, as per the partizan’s view, any change to Medicare means you are killing it. Changing it, and just keeping the name is counted as killing it.

UNLESS it is changes they are suggesting, then they are just changes.

For example, it was Obama who took 500 billion out of Medicare. Now he gave it back under a different name (Doc Fix), but he got to take credit for reducing the cost of Medicare. No one seem to point out that he increased the cost of Doc Fix.

If the government suggested that it would no longer fire fighters and instead giivng you money to pay to people to put out the fire should your house catch flame or hire a for profit service to put it out in the event of a fire, would it be fair to say that the government has ended the firefighter service?