Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it: cross-country evidence says it is a bad idea



<p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; ">Ryan Plan III: Ezra Klein: "I asked Ryan how he could say that government control never works in health care when Germany, the Netherlands, France and other countries pay so much less, and get as much or more, than we do. Ryan’s reply... is basically a dodge.... Canada spent about $4,000 per person, per year.... The United Kingdom spent a bit more than $3,000. We spent about $7,400.... When attacking the systems in other countries, [Ryan] cherrypicks numbers to demonstrate they want to save money... but ignores the numbers showing that they spend half as much as we do.... [Ryan] gives people the wrong impression of both Medicare Part D and health systems across the world..."