Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it: the Ryan plan is not comparable to Medicare D



<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; text-align: left; ">Ryan plan II: Ezra Klein: "Since 2006... Medicare Part D’s average premium has risen by 57 percent.... That... is a lot faster than inflation, which is what Ryan needs for his [Medicare] plan to work.... When defending Medicare Part D, [Ryan] argues that it came in cheaper than expected, ignoring both the reasons behind that performance and the fact that growth in the program was nevertheless much faster than his plan could bear..."