Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it: there is no delivery-system reform proposal



<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; text-align: left; ">On the Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it: Peggy Noonon says: "Rep. Paul Ryan['s]... main problem on Medicare is that people fear the complexities and demands of a new delivery system...." But the Ryan plan has no new health-care delivery system. It simply drastically cuts the amount of money the federal government spends on Medicare, and tells you you have to find a private insurance company--and pay all its extra overhead and profits--to dole out the slashed Medicare payments to your doctors.