What About Medicare?

The Romney/Ryan budget turns it into a voucher system -- and the vouchers cover less and less of the premiums as time goes on. So how are R&R pitching it? They're lying about it.

If you want to look at the reality of the Obama Medicare "cuts," check this article by Sara Kliff:

It’s worth noting that there’s one area these cuts don’t touch: Medicare benefits. The Affordable Care Act rolls back payment rates for hospitals and insurers. It does not, however, change the basket of benefits that patients have access to. And, as Ezra pointed out earlier today, the Ryan budget would keep these cuts in place.

The Ryan budget would keep the cuts in place, but would use them to lower tax rates for billionaires.

And for a good analysis of the R&R plan in general, check this post from Mahablog. It's mostly a link dump, with quotes. But then, she's done it so I don't have to.