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document. consider what congressman ryan wants to do on medicare. in the name of ideology, paul ryan s budget proposes getting rid of medicare as it exists today and replacing it with a private system that would cut benefits. mr. president, we ve seen this movie before. five years ago, president bush tried to sell the country on a plan to privatize social security. the public rejected it. well, if you didn t like what president bush tried to do so social security, just wait until you see what paul ryan and the house republicans want to do to medicare. madam president, their budge plan proposes putting the medicare system into the hands of private insurance companies. that is a recipe for disaster. it would mean an end to medicare as we know it. beginning in 2022, americans turning 65 would no longer be enrolled in medicare but instead would receive a voucher to go shopping for their own health insurae on the open market. insurance companies, however, would not be required to

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