Joe Biden takes aim at ‘Vouchercare’

[Tx4obama]

Joe Biden takes aim at ‘Vouchercare’

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Wading into Paul Ryan territory, Vice President Joe Biden delivered a blistering critique of the GOP vice presidential nominee’s Medicare proposal and warned that the Republican ticket would turn the health care system for seniors into “Vouchercare.”

As he campaigned in Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin on Sunday, Biden hammered Ryan and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for endorsing a Medicare proposal that would give seniors subsidies to purchase private health care plans. Biden, echoing a common Democratic attack, accused Republicans of wanting to “end the guarantee of Medicare.”

“Ladies and gentleman, it’s just that simple: We are for Medicare; they are for Vouchercare,” Biden told the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd of about 1,000 at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay.

In his criticisms, Biden evoked his mother, Catherine, who campaigned with him in 2008 and died two years later at the age of 92. (At Sunday’s rally, Biden misspoke, saying his mother died at 93.)

“My mom was a smart woman,” he said. “But, my mom, I can’t picture handing her a voucher at age 80 and saying — you go out in the insurance market and you figure out what’s best for you.”

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Full article here: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/80574.html?hp=f3

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Joe is right: that is exactly what they want to do to Medicare.

Vouchers.

[abumbyanyothername]

2. Did I miss something?

" . . . Romney and Paul Ryan’s economic plan will bring relief to the middle class and ensure that the next four years are better than the last.”

Do they have a plan?

Because I haven't seen it yet.

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

3. Here's their plan.