- Will Anyone Even Insure Seniors if Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan Passes? | TPMDC
- "In theory the idea of a more competitive market would have a lot to recommend it," MIT economist Jonathan Gruber told TPM, "But in fact it just simply hasn't worked. We have the example, we've lived it, it's Medicare Advantage, and it hasn't worked"
The gap in spending between the Medicare Advantage and Medicare will be eliminated as part of the ACA, a move that Ryan warned for years would devastate seniors. He has apparently since changed his mind, as the same cuts are included in his own Medicare proposal…
- How Democrats Railroaded Republicans Into Almost Passing A Budget Too Conservative For Them | TPMDC
- "… just before the vote…we sent out an email to the BlackBerrys of our members saying that a). we want you to vote late, b). we want to vote present," Hoyer explained. "And then on the floor, my whips explained to members why we were doing that."
That led to the chaos on the House floor late Friday morning. With almost all Democrats voting present, Republicans realized they were about to accidentally pass a plan that was too politically radioactive even to them. So they pressed several of their own members …to switch their votes from yes to no. Indeed, when they realized what the Dems were up to, Republicans managed to flip just as many votes as they'd need to kill the RSC plan…
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