propos proposal to gut medicare and replace it with the voucher system. if luke at the town halls and look at the new york 2016 special election, their branding right now is in great peril of being, you know, hijacked by their right. was medicare a mistake, paul ryan? it s the fastest-growing program in government. it s growing 7% a year. baby boomers are retiring. if you don t touch medicare, you can t have meaningful reform. the question for administration is, do they seize on this and get a budget deal or scare people over the next two years? purely in the politics of it, was this a mistake to say why don t we made medicaid a subsidy and people can buy their own health insurance? i think tom will tell. the budget deficit is so real. people want realistic solutions and all we see are band-aids.
if you look at the town halls and look at the new york 2006 special election, their branding right now is in great peril of being, you know, hijacked by their right. was medicare a mistake, paul ryan? it s the fastest-growing program in government. it s growing 7% a year. baby boomers are retiring. if you don t touch medicare, you can t have meaningful reform. i think they put their step forward at this point. the question for administration is, do they seize on this and get a budget deal or scare people over the next two years? purely in the politics of it, was this a mistake to say why don t we made medicaid a subsidy and people can buy their own health insurance? i think time will tell. the budget deficit is so real. we re borrowing 41 cents on the dollar. people want realistic solutions and all we see are band-aids. the medicare thing isn t going anywhere in an election year, probably not even after an election year. right.