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Id be happy to discuss those with you and continue the presentation. >> bret: sure, go ahead. because that is the question that most republicans have when they hear the presentations. and the attack on republican plan. what is the democratic plan, even that democrat riven says is unsustainable. >> no doubt, we have a challenge in medicare going forward in the affordable care act, the reform act we passed last year, we put in place mechanisms to first reduce cost of healthcare throughout the syst...

Said there was a democratic plan that cost more. >> yeah, but -- >> bret: it was also. >> but the point here we are talking about the other aspects of the budget. revenue piece trying to shut down on the corporate loopholes, because what their budget says is lets squeeze method care beneficiaries rather than closing the loopholes and using the revenues. >> those were two of his charts. dealt with. >> the lead choice in competition, where it worked everywhere else. worked well applied in healthca...

Understanding of the plan. in fact, it would reduce the budget costs to the federal government. but what the problem is for the united states in the case of healthcare is that all of our healthcare costs are going up. the ryan plan according to the estimates in the congressional budget office would substantially raise the total cost of services for people covered by medicare. >> its important to point out that the cbo is a calculator. what you put in, you get it. >> there is the inarbiter, theyr...

>> bret: back with a look at the special panel with look at the crystal ball on the issue. >> you cant take this crystal ball out of the election. it will be front and center in the election. republican primary will be a demand by voters that each of the candidates come up with something if they dont support the ryan plan. it will be alive and well inside the republican primaries, the democrats will use it to beat republicans over the head, which theyve done quite successionfully succo far >> br...

Control costs. you have to get into a prom that controls cost. in fairness to paul ryan, congressional budget office shows that his plan will substantially cut healthcare spending costs. that is out there. a then there are democrat like alice rivlin who will inject market forces in a plan. she doesnt go as far as paul ryan but when she wants to inject the market forces and have the beneficiary take more personal responsibility for their medical care. the doctors arent giving out tests over and o...

Medicare plan, just like part "d" and medi-gap insurance works. the subsidy grows but we say, dont subsidize wealthy people as much as everybody else. give lower income people even more money. we believe the best way to get at the root cause at health inflation is choice competition. patient and doctor make decisions. not some board of bureaucrats. the presidents plan is different. his plan doesnt save medicare. it still goes bankrupt. in 2021, according to the cbo. 2024 according to the actuari...