Response to EducationNext on Ryan Healthcare Plan

August 28, 2012 at 6:12 PM Leave a comment

In response to Michael Petilli’s post of 8/20/2012 in which he misleads the public on the Ryan healthcare plan…

Rep. Ryan has proposed a budget that raises healthcare spending while reducing benefits to the poor and the elderly. Obama has added benefits and reduced payments to providers, creating a net improvement in the healthcare trust fund, which Ryan’s plan further depletes. I have addressed healthcare spending and the remedy with the aging of the population more fully in my blog as a topic of relevance to retired educators, and I concur with the President’s approach through the ACA. Read more here…https://schoolsretooled.com/2011/10/17/health-economics-rant/