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Originally Posted by GregE
Life really is stranger than fiction.
A few years back the Republicans were blathering on and on about Obama's supposed "Death Panels".
And now...
With Ryan's plan, they want to do him one better with what amounts to the economically induced euthanization of a significant number of American's elderly.
Think about it.
Ryan wants to end Medicare for future retirees (anyone currently 55 or younger) and thereby force them to remain on private insurance plans.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Republicans want to repeal Obama Care.
Your classic one-two punch.
Let's say that they succeed on both counts.
Ten years hence, any senior who ever had an untimely lapse in his or her insurance coverage and is subsequently faced with life threatening consequences from a pre-existing condition will be denied coverage and thereby culled from the herd in short order.
What we'll have here are virtual death panels running on autopilot that will save Uncle Sam billions.
It's a teabagger's wet dream.
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Never mind an untimely lapse, it will happen to just about any retired person. When most people retire the company that they retire from doesn't offer them health insurance for the rest of their lives. There are some that do, but most don't. So those people will have to go out on the open market and buy their own. Ryan's plan is to give people vouchers that they can use to buy this insurance with. He gives no details of how much these vouchers would be worth. If Obamacare is repealed along with these changed to Medicare then any retiree with a pre-existing condition will have a hell of time getting any kind of insurance. Most will be flat out denied, or they will be charged so much they can't afford it, or they will only be able to get insurance that doesn't cover their pre-existing conditions.