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RUSH: Let\u2019s grab Irene here in Southern California. Go to the phones. Irene, thanks for calling. Great to have you here.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. I love you. Thank you for the great service that you\u2019re doing for our country.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I appreciate that very much. Thank you. <\/p>\n

CALLER: On the Ryan Medicare issue, what they\u2019re not getting out there… well I\u2019ve heard it, but what needs to be out there is that the under 55 either keep Medicare or use the voucher is the same program that the Washington Federal Employees get.<\/p>\n

<\/a>RUSH: Why would it be important to have that out there? What does that matter? <\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, because there was such an uproar years ago before this Obamacare was enacted that people wanted the same program that Washington got, and that\u2019s what Paul Ryan is delivering. <\/p>\n

RUSH: You know, that\u2019s a good way to sell this. By the way, if you\u2019re on Medicare, under 55, you\u2019re going to be able to choose the same program that federal workers have.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I think so. Because I think that was a big concern amongst younger people. Why can\u2019t we have the same program you have? <\/p>\n

RUSH: I never thought that. I don\u2019t want anything to do with the federal government. But you may have a point. You may have a point. I don\u2019t know if it sells or not. I\u2019m too caught up in the truth. And I don\u2019t know that that\u2019s actually correct. But I\u2019m going to find out. I\u2019m going to look into it. I\u2019ve never heard it characterized that way.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: By the way, folks, I looked it up and Irene is exactly right. And Ryan has pitched his plan that way. It is what federal employees get. The New York Times has said so, April of last year. I\u2019ll have the details when we get back. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: It turns out that Irene from Southern California was right. A year ago, the New York Times compared Paul Ryan\u2019s plan with what the federal government workers in Congress has. It was a story on April 18th, 2011. They note that Ryan has said the same thing. In an op-ed piece, the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Ryan wrote: “Starting in 2022, new Medicare beneficiaries will be enrolled in the same kind of health care program that members of Congress enjoy.” Now, the New York Times story, I just had a quick scan of it. They tried to nitpick what they say are differences. But it looks pretty much like Ryan\u2019s plan is very close, if not identical, to what Congress has.<\/p>\n

Here is what Ryan wrote. This is from his Wall Street Journal op-ed from last year. “Starting in 2022, new Medicare beneficiaries will be enrolled in the same kind of health care program that members of Congress enjoy. Future Medicare recipients will be able to choose from a list of guaranteed coverage options, and they will be given the ability to choose a plan that works best for them. This is not a voucher program, but rather a premium-support model. A Medicare premium-support payment would be paid, by Medicare, to the plan chosen by the beneficiary, subsidizing its cost.”<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s Debbie “Blabbermouth” Schultz out there calling it a voucher program, this and that. Nothing she said about it is accurate.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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