Talking Points Memo: President Obama- 'Rips Paul Ryan On Medicare'

Source:Talking Points Memo- President Barack H. Obama (Democrat, Illinois) talking about U.S. Representative Paul Ryan (Republican, Wisconsin) on Medicare.

"Obama Rips Paul Ryan On Medicare" 

From Talking Points Memo

I don't really have anything to add what President Obama said here, because he's damn right. 

Under the Obama plan or the Affordable Care Act, people who currently are on Medicare or are waiting to be eligible for Medicare get to say on Medicare and keep getting their health insurance from Medicare. 

Under the so-called Ryan plan that was offered by U.S. Representative Paul Ryan (Republican, Wisconsin) Chairman of the House Budget Committee and Mitt Romney's Vice Presidential nominee, people who are currently on Medicare, would be able to keep their traditional Medicare. But people in my generation, as well Paul Ryan's generation, people in Barack Obama's generation (depending on how you define Gen-Xer's) we would only a voucher that wouldn't keep up with the costs of private health insurance, that we could use to buy private health insurance. But the Medicare health insurance program would be gone.