i think they are not that effective. and i think they are on their own timetables and they ll make their decisions according to their own timetables. if you wait for a clear week, you could be waiting until 2016. now, newt is getting just attacked for not paying, you know, just religious adherence to the ryan plan. mitt romney last week came out and indicated maybe he s not word for word with paul ryan. let s listen to what romney had to say. i applaud the fact that representative ryan put forward a plan to keep medicare solvent. that s got to be our primary objective. and to keep our country fiscally solvent as well. and he s also added choice to his plan. and inserted market dynamic. and i ll note that while i haven t introduced today my own plan, i will in the future, it s not going to be identical to the ryan plan but shares many of the same objectives. wait just a minute. it s not going to be identical to the ryan plan. no. it s not.
let s listen to what romney had to say. i applaud the fact that representative ryan put forward a plan to keep medicare solvent. that s got to be our primary objective. and to keep our country fiscally solvent as well. and he s also added choice to his plan. and inserted market dynamic. and i ll note that while i haven t introduced today my own plan, i will in the future, it s not going to be identical to the ryan plan but shares many of the same objectives. wait just a minute. it s not going to be identical to the ryan plan. no. it s not. it has to be identical, doesn t it? no, i don t think it does. and the interesting thing is there s not going to be a there s not yet been a single presidential candidate for the republicans that will embrace the ryan plan, because all of them are smart enough to be able to read the plans to show how unpopular it is especially among the senior citizens, who are
let s listen to what romney had to say. i applaud the fact that representative ryan put forward a plan to keep medicare solvent. that s got to be our primary objective. and to keep our country fiscally solvent as well. and he s also added choice to his plan. and inserted market dynamic. and i ll note that while i haven t introduced today my own plan, i will in the future, it s not going to be identical to the ryan plan but shares many of the same objectives. wait just a minute. it s not going to be identical to the ryan plan. no. it s not. it has to be identical, doesn t it? no, i don t think it does. and the interesting thing is there s not going to be a there s not yet been a single presidential candidate for the republicans that will embrace the ryan plan, because all of them are smart enough to be able to read the plans to show how unpopular it is especially among the senior citizens, who are
says medicare can stay on its current path, even obamacare acknowledges that and we shouldn t measure ourselves against a mythical future of medicare that is not sustainable. medicare itself literally crowds out all other government spending at the end of the day. we cannot sustain that. we have to get medicare solvent. rick foster, the chief actuary came to the budget committee the other day and said one of the best things we can do to save medicare and bend that cost curve, and help inflation is to go to the type of system we are proposing. chris: medicaid and i better ask, because i m facing this in the reports, the reports are that you will save $1 trillion over ten years on medicaid. true. those numbers are different as well. you will see our specific numbers we will propose block grants to the states and have had so much testimony from the governors, saying give thus freedom to customize our programs to tailor the unique but, critics say you are not reforming, tha
no more premium increases. nobody is saying that medicare can stay on its current path. even obama care acknowledges that. we should not be measuring against a mythical future of medicare that isn t sustainable. medicare itself literally goes over all government spending at the end of the day. we have to get medicare solvent. the budget committee just the other day said one of the best things to do to save medicare and bend the cost curve and help inflation is to go to the type of system we are proposing. chris: i m base this on the reports injuries the reports are 1 thi $1 trillion over tens on medicaid. true? you will see our specific numbers. we propose block grants from the state. we have so many governors saying give us the chance to tailor for the unique populations in our states. cruz but critics say you are not reforming, that you are actually going to be cutting by