Mitt Romney on Friday unveiled a plan to fundamentally re-shape Medicare, tackling one of the 2012 presidential contest’s most delicate issues before a skeptical crowd of tea party activists. [...] Romney’s plan is similar to the controversial proposal released by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan earlier in the year. He hasn’t finalized many details, but the federal government would no longer pay for all Medicare patients’ health-care costs under a Romney system. Instead, it would offer future recipients a set amount of money to be used for a private insurance plan or a version of the traditional program. “The federal government will help seniors pay for the option they choose, with a level of support that ensures all can obtain the coverage they need,” Romney said. A senior Romney adviser noted earlier in the day that, “In that respect, it’s exactly the same exact thing as a Ryan plan.” ‘’The idea instead is to set the Medicare payment to provide each senior with money that they can go out use to go and buy a plan,” the adviser said.

From The Washington Post

That's right. Mitt Romney proposes we end Medicare as we know it: the government will cut current Medicare recipients a check: after that, it's up to them to try to find an insurance company that will take them.

That worked out so very well for Paul Ryan, who turned himself into a poster child for Republicans wanting to take away your Medicare: I can only presume it will work out equally brilliantly for Mr. Romney.



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