POLL: Republicans Oppose Paul Ryan’s Proposed Changes To Medicare

[Lakhota]

By Tara Culp-Ressler on Aug 17, 2012 at 1:36 pm

Although vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has put Medicare back in the news by touting his drastic plan to phase out the traditional program, Americans’ opposition to the Republican ticket’s plan for Medicare is consistent across party lines. Two new polls from the Kaiser Family Foundation find that neither Democrats nor Republicans favor overhauling the government program, and a majority of Americans report they would trust Obama over Romney to make the right decisions about health care going forward.

A Kaiser poll released yesterday finds that the future of Medicare is at the forefront of voters’ minds. Among all the health issues that may come into play in the presidential election, voters rank Medicare as their top priority, closely followed by the high cost of health care. A full 73 percent of respondents consider the Medicare program extremely or very important:

Furthermore, respondents are uneasy about what a Romney-Ryan ticket could have in store for health care as a whole, including programs like Medicare. Seventy two percent of respondents would put their trust in President Obama when it comes to making decisions about health care reform, while just 40 percent would trust Romney on the same issue.

More: POLL: Republicans Oppose Paul Ryan's Proposed Changes To Medicare | ThinkProgress

Kaiser Poll

Kaiser/Washington Post Poll

 

[Stephanie]

The Kaiser family foundation poll, REALLY
72% trust Obama on health care, why the hell didn't they just make it 100%
follow the Obama money and Kaiser folks

what a joke

 

[Oddball]

Think Regress and the Kaiser Family Fluffers.

Meh.

 

[blackhawk]

The liberal Think Progress finds a poll that supports Obama shocking just shocking. While your at see if you can find a poll that confirms water is wet.

 

[SniperFire]

Too bad for OP that they are going with Romney's plan, not Ryan's plan.

Of course, they know that, but are just trying to slip a major lie thru unnoticed.

Liberals do that.

 

[courseofhistory]

By Tara Culp-Ressler on Aug 17, 2012 at 1:36 pm

Although vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has put Medicare back in the news by touting his drastic plan to phase out the traditional program, Americans’ opposition to the Republican ticket’s plan for Medicare is consistent across party lines. Two new polls from the Kaiser Family Foundation find that neither Democrats nor Republicans favor overhauling the government program, and a majority of Americans report they would trust Obama over Romney to make the right decisions about health care going forward.

A Kaiser poll released yesterday finds that the future of Medicare is at the forefront of voters’ minds. Among all the health issues that may come into play in the presidential election, voters rank Medicare as their top priority, closely followed by the high cost of health care. A full 73 percent of respondents consider the Medicare program extremely or very important:

Furthermore, respondents are uneasy about what a Romney-Ryan ticket could have in store for health care as a whole, including programs like Medicare. Seventy two percent of respondents would put their trust in President Obama when it comes to making decisions about health care reform, while just 40 percent would trust Romney on the same issue.

More: POLL: Republicans Oppose Paul Ryan's Proposed Changes To Medicare | ThinkProgress

Kaiser Poll

Kaiser/Washington Post Poll

I'm on Medicare as well as my husband. We have to pay premiums each month totalling over $200 for each of us. When my husband joined the army he was promised free lifetime medical for himself and for me. So I object to paying premiums for Medicare due to that. That said, if Ryan's plan takes effect, we will be paying higher premiums compared to Medicare Advantage premiums now. For me that is a deal breaker because at the moment we can at least have a choice between Medicare & Medicare Advantage (these have higher premiums) and our Tricare (military) plan covers the difference that Medicare doesn't pay. So, thumbs down to Romney/Ryan's plan!

 

[mudwhistle]

Lakhota loves her some Obama......

 

[Si modo]

It still just parrots. It cannot synthesize a thought of its own.

Negged.

 

[Lakhota]

Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan May Scare Off Seniors—And Cost Romney the Presidency

 

[hortysir]

Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan May Scare Off Seniors—And Cost Romney the Presidency

Hey, Linkwhoreta, how about a link or a quote from Ryan's or Romney's economic plan that calls for cutting SS or MC?

I'll wait

 

[Stephanie]

Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan May Scare Off Seniors—And Cost Romney the Presidency

ooooooooooooooooo IT MAY?
seniors aren't as stupid or scared off as easily as you THINK THEY ARE or as Obama hopes they are.

 

[Si modo]

Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan May Scare Off Seniors—And Cost Romney the Presidency

Hey, Linkwhoreta, how about a link or a quote from Ryan's or Romney's economic plan that calls for cutting SS or MC?

I'll wait

Don't bother waiting. It's just a proxy and cannot think for itself.

So, it will just continue lying and spamming.

It's a moron.

 

[uscitizen]

Republicans are for cutting peoples benefits as long as they are not their benefits.

 

[Stephanie]

Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan May Scare Off Seniors—And Cost Romney the Presidency

Hey, Linkwhoreta, how about a link or a quote from Ryan's or Romney's economic plan that calls for cutting SS or MC?

I'll wait

Don't bother waiting. It's just a proxy and cannot think for itself.

So, it will just continue lying and spamming.

It's a moron.

and has not a shred of honor of what they spam this board with

 

[SniperFire]

Lahkota starts one lying spam thread after another, and then moves on.

 

[hortysir]

Republicans are for cutting peoples benefits as long as they are not their benefits.

These are all the programs that the Republican House has proposed cutting.

* Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy -- $445 million annual savings.
* Save America's Treasures Program -- $25 million annual savings.
* International Fund for Ireland -- $17 million annual savings.
* Legal Services Corporation -- $420 million annual savings.
* National Endowment for the Arts -- $167.5 million annual savings.
* National Endowment for the Humanities -- $167.5 million annual savings.
* Hope VI Program -- $250 million annual savings.
* Amtrak Subsidies -- $1.565 billion annual savings.
* Eliminate duplicating education programs -- H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.
* U.S. Trade Development Agency -- $55 million annual savings.
* Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy -- $20 million annual savings.
* Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding -- $47 million annual savings.
* John C. Stennis Center Subsidy -- $430,000 annual savings.
* Community Development Fund -- $4.5 billion annual savings.
* Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid -- $24 million annual savings.
* Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half -- $7.5 billion annual savings
* Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20% -- $600 million annual savings.
* Essential Air Service -- $150 million annual savings.
* Technology Innovation Program -- $70 million annual savings.
* Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program -- $125 million annual savings.
* Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization -- $530 million annual savings.
* Beach Replenishment -- $95 million annual savings.
* New Starts Transit -- $2 billion annual savings.
* Exchange Programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts -- $9 million annual savings
* Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants -- $2.5 billion annual savings.
* Title X Family Planning -- $318 million annual savings.
* Appalachian Regional Commission -- $76 million annual savings.
* Economic Development Administration -- $293 million annual savings.
* Programs under the National and Community Services Act -- $1.15 billion annual savings.
* Applied Research at Department of Energy -- $1.27 billion annual savings.
* Freedom CAR and Fuel Partnership -- $200 million annual savings.
* Energy Star Program -- $52 million annual savings.
* Economic Assistance to Egypt -- $250 million annually.
* U.S. Agency for International Development -- $1.39 billion annual savings.
* General Assistance to District of Columbia -- $210 million annual savings.
* Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority -- $150 million annual savings.
* Presidential Campaign Fund -- $775 million savings over ten years.
* No funding for federal office space acquisition -- $864 million annual savings.
* End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
* Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act -- More than $1 billion annually.
* IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget -- $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
* Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees -- $1 billion total savings. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ABOUT?
* Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees -- $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
* Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of -- $15 billion total savings.
* Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.WHAT???
* Eliminate Mohair Subsidies -- $1 million annual savings.
* Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- $12.5 million annual savings WELL, ISN'T THAT SPECIAL ?
* Eliminate Market Access Program -- $200 million annual savings.
* USDA Sugar Program -- $14 million annual savings.
* Subsidy to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- $93 million annual savings.
* Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program -- $56.2 million annual savings.
* Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs -- $900 million savings.
* Ready to Learn TV Program -- $27 million savings.. WHY?????
* HUD Ph.D. Program.
* Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.
* TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years


Where's SS and MC?

House GOP Lists $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts - US News and World Report

 

[blackhawk]

It's still a liberal source but to his credit he finally found something other than Think Progress that's one small step away from irrelevance.

 

[healthmyths]

By Tara Culp-Ressler on Aug 17, 2012 at 1:36 pm

Although vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has put Medicare back in the news by touting his drastic plan to phase out the traditional program, Americans’ opposition to the Republican ticket’s plan for Medicare is consistent across party lines. Two new polls from the Kaiser Family Foundation find that neither Democrats nor Republicans favor overhauling the government program, and a majority of Americans report they would trust Obama over Romney to make the right decisions about health care going forward.

A Kaiser poll released yesterday finds that the future of Medicare is at the forefront of voters’ minds. Among all the health issues that may come into play in the presidential election, voters rank Medicare as their top priority, closely followed by the high cost of health care. A full 73 percent of respondents consider the Medicare program extremely or very important:

Furthermore, respondents are uneasy about what a Romney-Ryan ticket could have in store for health care as a whole, including programs like Medicare. Seventy two percent of respondents would put their trust in President Obama when it comes to making decisions about health care reform, while just 40 percent would trust Romney on the same issue.

More: POLL: Republicans Oppose Paul Ryan's Proposed Changes To Medicare | ThinkProgress

Kaiser Poll

Kaiser/Washington Post Poll

YOU have NO IDEA about what you are writing!
NOT ONE plan from Romney/Ryan will AFFECT any of us on Medicare NOW.
BUT Obamacare WILL cut my current Medicare benefits AND still not solve any problem!

I'm currently on Medicare Advantage. It is great. But Obamacare wants to abolish it!

Romney/Ryan want to expand the concept of Medicare advantage plans which when people really understand how Medicare works will come to appreciate their plan and abhor Obama's!

My advantage plan DOES NOT deduct $96.40/month from my social security.
Traditional Medicare does.. right now it would cost me almost $1,156 taken from my check.

Right now it is not deducted.. Which is better to me? Advantage plan which Obama wants to do away with!!!

Right now I visit my doctor.. NO co-pay required because I'm a member of the Medicare Advantage plan.

But if I were a traditional Medicare.. I'd have to pay 20% of doctor visit.
Which is better for me? Obviously the Advantage plan which Obama wants to stop!

Right now every month I can get $50 of over the counter items, i.e. aspirin, bandaids, mouthwash,toothpaste, vitamins,etc.. under my Advantage Plan.
NOTHING like it under traditional Medicare.

So again I get almost $600 a year in savings with my Advantage plan that Obama wants to abolish!

Right there I have almost $2,000 a year that I will have to pay when Obama abolishes Medicare Advantage plans.

So WHY would I have ANY FEAR of Romney/Ryan WHEN THEY WANT TO EXPAND
the Advantage Plan!

OH and the Advantage to Medicare???
Little or NO fraud with Advantage plans.
Each advantage plan is paid by Medicare to manage and their responsibility for fraud!
What is wrong with that??

Taxes paid.. Every one of the Advantage plans that are for profit MUST make a profit.
If they don't they don't get the contract from Medicare.
AND GUESS WHAT folks... THESE for profit advantage plans then HAVE to pay taxes on their profits!

And Obama because he HATES businesses, capitalism "evil profit makers" wants to abolish them! So stupid!

Oh and by the way over 10,000 times a day health care providers come to a company I started to find out if Medicare will pay. I know 100 times more then you how Medicare works if you don't believe me tell me what city you live in and I'll tell you what the largest hospital MARKUPS their bills to Medicare.. I dare you to tell me what city and I'll prove you have NO idea of how Medicare works!

 

[Stephanie]

It's still a liberal source but to his credit he finally found something other than Think Progress that's one small step away from irrelevance.

I'm sorry, but Lakhota has done too much damage to now try and be relevant..

the wolf cried too many times it is now just a joke

sad because people tried to warn her

 

[hortysir]

Now let's look at the Dems' list of cuts.





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