{"id":29930,"date":"2012-08-23T07:36:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T13:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/23\/the-medicare-debate.html"},"modified":"2012-08-23T07:36:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T13:36:26","slug":"the-medicare-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/23\/the-medicare-debate.html","title":{"rendered":"The Medicare Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

To the extent that you can pin down what Romney, Ryan, or Romney\/Ryan want to do (and assume affirmative fiat that laws will be passed just they way tey are now proposing them), how do their fixes to the "Medicare Crisis" stack up against the current Obama plans?<\/p>\n

Well, fine, if you don't mind shifting the risks and costs onto senior citizens.<\/p>\n

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To the extent that you can pin down what Romney, Ryan, or Romney\/Ryan want to do (and assume affirmative fiat that laws will be passed just they way tey are now proposing them), how do their fixes to the "Medicare Crisis" stack up against the current Obama plans? 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