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August 14, 2012
Medicare Cuts 101
By Sheila Samples
Having picked the architect of the Republican plan to end Medicare as we know it as his running mate, Mitt Romney and his "I am rubber, you're glue" campaign is now trying to paint President Obama as the real threat to seniors' health care and economic security. But worst of all, Romney and Ryan want to end Medicare as we know it and turn it into a voucher program that shifts costs to seniors. Under their original plan, seniors will pay about $6, ...
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Having picked the architect of the Republican plan to end Medicare as we know it as his running mate, Mitt Romney and his "I am rubber, you're glue" campaign is now trying to paint President Obama as the real threat to seniors' health care and economic security. But worst of all, Romney and Ryan want to end Medicare as we know it and turn it into a voucher program that shifts costs to seniors. Under their original plan, seniors will pay about $6,000 a year more for their health care so millionaires can pay even less in taxes.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.