Ryan’s Medicare plan won’t work
Paul Ryan’s assurance that folks over 55 will see no change to their Medicare benefits under his proposed Medicare reform bill is simply not true.
In order for traditional Medicare to function fiscally, it must continue to have younger, more healthy seniors coming in while older, more vulnerable seniors are checking out.
Ryan’s plan would be akin to BlueCross providing health insurance to all of the residents of a nursing home.
Taking this approach would make the insurance company, and in this case traditional Medicare, to go broke, quick and in a hurry.
WILLIAM P. GALLOWAY, Signal Mountain