Destroying the Village to Save It

We Had to Destroy That Village, Mr. Ryan, To Save It

Paul Ryan presented a plan to convert Medicare into a coupon care plan, where Medicare insured would receive a coupon for a set amount every year, (some estimated $8,000 per person annually) to cover all medical expenses for that year.
A coronary by pass surgery runs about $250,000, all of which is covered under current Medicare rules.

Virtually every Republican voted for this bill, to kill Medicare.

Ryan and the Republicans justified voting to convert Medicare to Coupon Care, as a way to reduce the deficit they had dreamed up (to justify killing Medicare.)