Paul Ryan Medicare

Why Nurses are Committed to the Fate of the Affordable Care

Dr. L. Toni Lewis | Posted 05.11.2012

Dr. L. Toni Lewis

The Affordable Care Act is the law that empowers nurses, doctors, and healthcare workers, who actually deliver care, to better manage care so patients have the best possible outcomes. Nurses will no longer be simply reacting to critical care situations.

Michael McAuliff

Inventor Of Paul Ryan's Medicare Idea Explains Why It's Wrong

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.03.2012

WASHINGTON -- The co-creator of the concept that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is relying upon to reform Medicare no longer thinks it will work. Henry Aaron...

Michael McAuliff

Paul Ryan's Vision For Medicare Will Win, Dem Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.30.2012

WASHINGTON -- Democrats who are staking the 2012 election in part on the charge that Republicans will "end Medicare as we know it" likely will join in...

WHO, Health and American Politics

Michael Hodin | Posted 04.12.2012

Michael Hodin

Whoever makes the better sell of his Medicare vision may prove victorious come November.

Michael McAuliff

Paul Ryan Budget Turned Into Dems' Weapon

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.01.2012

WASHINGTON -- Democrats are not waiting long to use Rep. Paul Ryan's federal budget proposal for next year as a campaign billy club. Last week, th...

Is New Jersey Governor Chris Christie the One Being Groomed for 2016?

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2012

Michelle Kraus

Hmm, if the GOP intelligentsia keeps ruminating on Christie we may see more of this new, improved, thoughtful Chris Christie making the rounds before 2016.

Ryan Budget Moves Ahead

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.22.2012

WASHINGTON — The top Republican in the House predicted a deficit-slashing GOP budget plan is on track to pass next week despite clearing the Bud...

Thank You, Paul Ryan. Your budget is a gift.

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm | Posted 05.21.2012

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm

Now for the reality check: this budget has absolutely no chance of becoming law. Everyone knows it will never see the light of day in the Senate. So, Mr. Ryan, remind me: why you did this again?

Katy Hall

Paul Ryan's Plan: The GOP Budget And The 2012 Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Katy Hall | Posted 04.03.2012

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan unveiled a budget Tuesday that would slash federal spending by $5 trillion more than the budget President Ba...

Ryan, GOP Unveil Suicide Pact Today, Rejecting American Majority

Roger Hickey | Posted 05.19.2012

Roger Hickey

On Tuesday House Republicans, led by Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan, will unveil a suicide pact, in the form of a new budget that ignores the clear views of the majority of Americans.

Preserving the Medicare Guarantee: Why I've Been Working with Paul Ryan

Sen. Ron Wyden | Posted 05.19.2012

Sen. Ron Wyden

People on both sides of the aisle want to know why a progressive Democrat is working with the author of last year's House Budget on Medicare reform. Here's why.

Republicans to America: Death to Medicare

Ethan Rome | Posted 05.15.2012

Ethan Rome

When the Republicans release their budget next week, they'll likely say they have a "new" Medicare proposal that will "save" Medicare instead of eliminate it. That's not true. The Republicans still plan to end Medicare as we know it. But they'll do so with the support of Democratic Senator Ron Wyden.

Romney Won't Take Medicare -- How 1% Can You Get?

Ethan Rome | Posted 05.13.2012

Ethan Rome

Yesterday on his 65th birthday, Mitt Romney announced that he's not planning to sign up for Medicare. What his action says is clear: I'm not like the Americans who enroll in Medicare. I'm special. I'm rich. I'm better than you.

Sam Stein

Romney Campaign Uses 'Mediscare' Tactics

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.12.2012

WASHINGTON -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign and a like-minded conservative group launched seemingly uncoordinated but highly tellin...

John Celock

New Hampshire Dems Launch Petition To Block Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.27.2012

New Hampshire Democrats are hoping a campaign strategy centered on opposition to a controversial health care bill will pay off in 2012 elections acros...

When Medicare Isn't Medicare

Wendell Potter | Posted 02.25.2012

Wendell Potter

If backers of Ryan's plan would drop the word "Medicare" and name it something with a bunch of numbers and a letter or two in parenthesis, that would be far more honest than calling it Medicare or anything similar.

PolitiFact Doubles Down On Epic 'Lie Of The Year' Disaster

Slate | Posted 12.27.2011

After this week, plenty of pundits are well and done with the national version of PolitiFact. The local versions? They're great. I was actually pretty...

The Defining Issue: Not Government's Size, But Who It's For

Robert Reich | Posted 02.18.2012

Robert Reich

"Big government" isn't the problem. The problem is big money is taking over government.

Sam Stein

Wyden-Ryan Medicare Proposal Has White House 'Concerned'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.15.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration expressed concern Thursday over the bipartisan Medicare reform proposal that has been hammered out between Sen....

New Ryan Proposal Still Aims to Eliminate Medicare, Replace With Voucher Plan

Robert Creamer | Posted 02.14.2012

Robert Creamer

The real goal of Paul Ryan's plan is the same goal of his original plan: to allow Wall Street and huge private insurance companies to get their hands on the Medicare Trust Fund.

Paul Ryan To Do A 180 On Medicare

The Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 02.13.2012

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, who has been castigated by Democrats and hailed by Republicans for his plan to privatize Medicare, will on ...

For the Super Committee, an Option to Save Medicare

Grace-Marie Turner | Posted 01.04.2012

Grace-Marie Turner

The key to real reform is building in changes to Medicare and Medicaid that rely on consumer choice and competition, not price controls and crushing government regulations.

GOP Plan to Privatize Medicare Is Back, Although in Pretty New Clothes, Thanks to Health Care Companies

Wendell Potter | Posted 11.22.2011

Wendell Potter

If you think Rep. Paul Ryan's plan to privatize Medicare is dead, think again.

Arthur Delaney

Paul Ryan's Office Calls Cops On Jobless Protesters

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.19.2011

Staffers for Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) called police on Thursday evening to disperse unemployed protesters staging a sit-in at his Kenosha, Wis., office...

Promises Made and Promises Broken

Max Richtman | Posted 10.08.2011

Max Richtman

D.C.'s "fiscal hawks" tell the average American that we can't afford to keep our promises of income security for the middle class while signing pledges promising protection for tax loopholes for corporations collecting billions in profits.