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The Medicare feud explained: both sides would cut but GOP more

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Ryan's proposal calls for paying "block grants" to the states to provide health insurance for the poor. The Congressional Budget Office projected that the block grant payments would likely decrease coverage for recipients, doctors and hospitals. States, the CBO found, would probably therefore reduce the ranks of those eligible for coverage. Obama's health law, meanwhile, envisions adding 17 million beneficiaries to the Medicaid roles.
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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