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Donate   • VIDEO: Rep. Ryan and the Truth About Medicare
When it comes to the budget, there’s fact and fiction,
distortions and reality. And today, the left has been lobbing
lies about Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) House-passed Fiscal Year
2012 Budget – The Path to Prosperity – alleging that it puts
Medicare at risk.      In a new video, Chairman Ryan lays out
the truth behind his budget plan. And in a statement today, Ryan
noted:       Much of the left’s criticism focuses on Ryan’s
proposal to provide premium support to Medicare enrollees,
assisting them to purchase a health care plan of their choice.
As Heritage’s Robert Moffit and Kathryn Nix write, it’s modeled
after the plan that federal workers and employees enjoy, and it
would introduce intense competition in a consumer-driven market,
which has historically slowed the growth of health care costs
and increased patient satisfaction.      Do you buy into the
left’s rhetoric? Join in the d