and his running mate, paul ryan. one of the most divisive, important issues of the upcoming election. it s important for you to be educated so we re putting them under the microscope. ever since it was signed into law by lyndon johnson in 1965, medicare has been the safety net for americans over the age of 65. it provides health insurance for 47 million americans. now big changes are on the table. the truth is we simply cannot continue to pretend like a medicare on track to become bankrupt at some point is acceptable. reporter: mitt romney says his changes would not affect current seniors or anyone nearing retirement. but down the road, medicare would be mostly privatized. you d get a government voucher to buy your own insurance. you could pick the medicare program like we have it now, or you could buy private insurance. and here s a key point in the budget drawn up by romney s running mate, brian, the size of the voucher would not grow as fast as health care costs ha
you ve likely heard of accused of doing heart procedures that were unnecessary just to make money. question for a lot of people what can you do to protect yourself? but first, want to make sure you re up to speed on a very important fight over medicare s future. plans put forth by mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan. one of the most divisive, important issues of the upcoming election. it s important for you to be educated on this so we re putting them under the microscope. ever since it was signed into law by lyndon johnson in 1965 medicare has been the safety net for americans over the age of 65. it provides health insurance for 47 million americans but now big changes are on the table. the truth is we simply cannot continue to pretend like a medicare ontrack to become bankrupt at some point is acceptable. mitt romney says his changes would not affect current seniors or anyone nearing retirement but down the road medicare would be mostly privatized. he d get a gov
hello there. thanks for being with us. a remarkable story today about a big hospital chain, one that you ve likely heard of accused of doing heart procedures that were unnecessary just to make money. question for a lot of people what can you do to protect yourself? but first, want to make sure you re up to speed on a very important fight over medicare s future. plans put forth by mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan. one of the most divisive, important issues of the upcoming election. it s important for you to be educated on this so we re putting them under the microscope. ever since it was signed into law by lyndon johnson in 1965 medicare has been the safety net for americans over the age of 65. it provides health insurance for 47 million americans but now big changes are on the table. the truth is we simply cannot continue to pretend like a medicare ontrack to become bankrupt at some points acceptable. mitt romney says his changes would not affect current seniors
missouri, colorado, arizona. as we go forward, we want to check up on the claims regarding health care. what adds up and what leaves something to be desired? something you have read about, the contraception controversy. they chewed out the president for a rule that requires insurance plans to cover contraception. even plans for those with religious organizations. like catholic hospitals and universities. just in the last several days, the administration said under obama care, religious organizations like schools catholic schools, catholic hospitals have to provide for free contraceptives and free morning after pills, abortive pills for employees, in violation of the religious conscience of those organizations. after that, the white house said look, you know, governor romney was flip-flopped. romney responded to that. here is how it went down. former governor of massachusetts is an odd messenger on this given that the services that this rule would provide for women aroun
we ll explain. i want to begin this morning with politics. as you know, the presidential race tightened up with rick santorum winning in missouri, colorado, arizona. as we go forward, we want to check up on the claims regarding health care. what adds up and what leaves something to be desired? something you have read about, the contraception controversy. they chewed out the president for a rule that requires insurance plans to cover contraception. even plans for those with religious organizations. like catholic hospitals and universities. just in the last several days, the administration said under obama care, religious organizations like schools catholic schools, catholic hospitals have to provide for free contraceptives and free morning after pills, abortive pills for employees, in violation of the religious conscience of those organizations. after that, the white house said look, you know, governor romney was flip-flopped. romney responded to that. here is how it wen