A Road Map to Saving Medicare
Rep. Paul Ryan, Washington Post
The annual analysis of Medicare's financial health released by the program's trustees on Aug. 5 led some Democrats to claim that Medicare's imminent bankruptcy has been delayed, thanks to the creation of their health entitlement program. Only in Washington could the government raid one entitlement program to finance a brand-new one and still claim that deficits have been reduced and entitlements have been reformed.The trustees' report compares the revenue that supports Medicare's trust funds with the program's planned expenditures. Last year's report...
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