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BIg Changes To Medicare

House Chairman Paul Ryan will reveal a highly anticipated 2012 Republican budget next week.This proposes dramatic changes. This plan calls for controversial overhaul of Medicare,the healthcare program for seniors,and imposes deep cuts on Medicaid,which provides health benefits to low-income Americans according to House Republican. In 2021Americans would no longer enroll in Medicare programs;instead they'll receive vouchers for private insurance, who stressed anyone 55 years or older now would not be effected by the change. The details of how Ryan's Medicare voucher would work.The GOP aims to save billions of dollars in revamping Medicare,a large contributor to the massive federal deficit and debt. on Medicaid Ryan's plan calls for cuts as deep as $1trillion



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