Paul Ryan doubles down, says seniors should pay for their own health care

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Paul Ryan doubles down, says seniors should pay for their own health care

by Jed Lewison

Paul Ryan is out with a new video defending his plan to end Medicare, and he's not backing off—he's doubling down:

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According to Ryan, the key problem with Medicare is that "someone else pays the actual bill." As a result, he says, costs go up and quality goes down.

Ryan's solution? Instead of Medicare covering health care costs, individual senior citizens should "pay directly" for their own health care.

Ryan's argument is obviously nonsensical. He says that under his plan seniors will receive vouchers to pay for health care, but if the vouchers actually did cover the full cost of the plan, that would be the same thing as having "someone else" paying the bill—undercutting the premise of his argument. And if the vouchers don't cover health care cost, and seniors truly are forced to "pay directly" then Ryan isn't actually reducing health care costs, he's just transferring the burden from Medicare to individuals.

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