The Medicare Rights Center is crying foul about Rep. Paul Ryan's House budget proposal released Tuesday morning.
Joe Baker, president of the Medicare Rights Center, said in a statement that Ryan's budget will force people with Medicare to pay more for less health security and would end Medicare as we know it by replacing guaranteed health benefits with a voucher that seniors and people with disabilities would use to purchase health coverage.
"The Ryan budget falls short as a credible plan to preserve and strengthen Medicare. Most important, this privatization scheme fails to account for the financial realities facing older adults and people with disabilities. There is no guarantee that the Ryan voucher would keep pace with health care inflation, meaning that people with Medicare would pay more," he said.
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