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Their own actuary from the administration came to congress and said, one out of six hospitals and nursing homes are going to go out of business as a result of this. >> its not -- >> 7.4 million seniors are projected to lose the current medicare advantage coverage they have. thats a $3,200 benefit cut. >> that didnt happen. more people signed up. more people -- >> these are from your own actuaries. >> more people signed up for medicare advantage after the change. nobody -- >> mr. vice president, ...

Become a millionaire. first you get a million dollars. this is an assumption saying that we think that we assume people are going to pay more. if you look the fact is that allowing for greater competition. by the way, the first choice, the first option in those options for those again age below 55 would be to stay in the current medicare system as is. but the fact is when you look at where this comes from the origin of this it dates back to a bill clinton appointed medicare saving commission tha...

Become a millionaire. first you get a million dollars. this is an assumption saying that we think that we assume people are going to pay more. if you look the fact is that allowing for greater competition. by the way, the first choice, the first option in those options for those again age below 55 would be to stay in the current medicare system as is. but the fact is when you look at where this comes from the origin of this it dates back to a bill clinton appointed medicare saving commission tha...

Become a millionaire. first you get a million dollars. this is an assumption saying that we think that we assume people are going to pay more. if you look the fact is that allowing for greater competition. by the way, the first choice, the first option in those options for those again age below 55 would be to stay in the current medicare system as is. but the fact is when you look at where this comes from the origin of this it dates back to a bill clinton appointed medicare saving commission tha...

You can run an ad on that. but if they really, really believed in this premium support plan that theyre putting out, they wouldnt keep saying that wait a minute, senior citizens dont have to worry about this, because it doesnt take effect except for people under 55. there are two issues there. one is if the plan is so good, why dont they apply it to this generation of senior citizens who happen to be part of the republican base. and the second problem is that if you start in ten years to pull he...

Help preserve the program. the difference is what governor romney is saying is this programs going broke if we dont do anything. you look at the premium support plan that governor romney, it has its roots in the 90s. we first came up with a concept that flushed out the details prebehind premiums. the doc supported this. the leadership of the aoa. the mayo clinic supports this. "the wall street journal" supported this. many outside groups supported this concept of giving seniors more choices, mor...

virginia. ryan monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. hes joining us from our washington bureau. sources telling cnn that it will be paul ryan. what do you think? what do you think he brings to the ticket? >> this is either going to be his boldest move or probably his riskiest mistake. paul ryan is a galvanizing force. for conservative republicans, hes seen as the voice behind conservatism. he is the voice that wants to get rid of medicare. if either of those are truthful, it will be...

>> you are watching cnn breaking news. im colleen mcedwards. we received confirmation a short time ago that the republican white house candidate mitt romney is going to reveal his vice presidential candidate. this is going to happen at a major campaign stop on saturday. in the u.s. state of virginia a few hours from now. a little over eight hours from now. we are expecting that announcement to be made after weeks and weeks of speculation. wolf blitzer is with us in d.c. and john kin...

Nothing. there are bipartisan plans out there. on medicare, there was certainly one in the clinton administration. he had a panel that proposed something very much like the premium support plan that paul ryan and the republicans in the house proposed. and then there is a social security plan. its not one we know, but speaker gingrich and president clinton agreed on reform plan in 198 # which would have done what everybody knows has to be done. raise edge of eligibility and do some means testing....

Lets get in behind it, get it solved. martha: do you support paul ryans plan? and this is going to be the headline for so many of these election discussions and debates that paul ryans plan, according to the other side, believes that it will abolish medicare. are you going to back paul ryans plan? and how solid are republicans behind that plan? >> i do back paul ryans plan. and the republicans, our approach to this is lets make certain that we preserve medicare for todays seniors and near-senior...