The Ryan Medicare Plan: Winners and Losers

Dean Baker and David Rosnick

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Abstract: Representative Paul Ryan's proposed 2012 budget has been lauded as a path to prosperity, with much attetion given to his overhaul of the medicare system. Using data from the CBO analysis of the Ryan plan, this issue brief demonstrates that any savings to the government under the revamped medicare system places the burden of rising healthcare costs more squarely on the shoulders of beneficiaries.

Keywords: Medicare; Ryan; budget (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E E6 E62 H H5 H51 H6 H63 H68 I I1 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 7 pages
Date: 2011-04
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