If you are on Medicare, about to go onto Medicare, or intending to go onto Medicare, even if you just got your very first after school job, it it critical that you understand that Democrats are fighting to preserve Medicare, while Republicans are fighting to destroy it. Paul Ryan (R-Fitzwalkerstan) is back, and he is leading the charge to steal your benefits.

Republicans in the House of Representatives will put forward a budget plan this year that will seek substantial reforms to health benefits for the elderly and make aggressive strides toward reducing deficits, a senior lawmaker said on Friday. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said he wanted his budget plan to offer voters an alternative vision to the “cradle-to-grave welfare state” that he says Democratic President Barack Obama is promoting. The House Republican budget resolution will contain reforms to Medicare, the healthcare program for Americans 62 and over, such as providing subsidies to help recipients pay for private insurance, based on their wealth and medical needs. “We haven’t written it yet, but we’re not backing off on the kinds of reforms we’ve advocated ,” Ryan told reporters at a retreat for House Republicans in Baltimore…

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