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Be very easy. they clearly did not anticipate the degree of difficulty in dealing with the difference between the ryan plan, addition one, ryan plan, addition two, which a lot of people dont even know happened, and then romney plan whatever that is. >> right. and i think they also got taken in just a little bit by kind of the beltway medias kind of enchantment with paul ryan. >> yes. >> and paul ryan gets called serious, and hes so thoughtful. and i think they might have thought that the politic...

The presidents plan cuts medicare, excuse me. well, lets see, there we go. by $716 billion. cut. >> you know, michael, im going to give you a minute to describe this to me because i think theres a problem here. it seems to me he said last night im with ryan completely for the voucher program, the whole approach, which is quite radical, but a difference from what we have now. then he writes on that little white board, no change, no cuts. does he pay attention to what he says? >> look, chris, i do...

Look the obama campaign believes that paul ryan is a target-rich environment basically. they will pick off individual pieces of the ryan budget plan. as you say medicare focused in states like florida and say he will turn it into a voucher program. you will hear the romney campaign push back and say theyre trying to save medicare. obama camp saying they will go into more battlegrounds here in the midwest like ohio. focus on vet rans benefits being cut. focus on education cuts. here in iowa we sa...

Turn it into a voucher. this is what they want to do. they want to turn medicare into a voucher or what he calls -- >> premium support. >> such a premium. he also wants to raise eligibility age to 67. and seniors would pay $6,400 more. house does the country move ahead under this plan? >> i dont know how seniors pay $6,400. they dont have the income to do this to begin with. in case of the eligibility, we have more and more team who should be getting health care in their early 60s who are going ...

Of purchasing medicare coverage, now youre shifting the risk on to medicare beneficiaries. now, the median income of medicare beneficiaries is $25,000. if you think those folks can easily reach into their pockets and make up the difference between what that voucher is going to pay for and what they need for medicare, i think youre wrong. >> so if were taking the money from the beneficiaries, if were impacting the beneficiaries under ryans plan, yes i see the audacity in him saying that the presi...

Medicare, the way they want to do this right now, ryan wants to turn it into a voucher. this is what they want to do. they want to turn medicare into a voucher or what he calls -- >> premium support. >> such a premium. he also wants to raise eligibility age to 67. and seniors would pay $6,400 more. house does the country move ahead under this plan? >> i dont know how seniors pay $6,400. they dont have the income to do this to begin with. in case of the eligibility, we have more and more team who...

Hurt medicare. can this double bank shot work? robert costa is a political reporter for the national review and cnbc contributor. you know, the best we can figure out is both sides are going to change medicare to some extent. romney people are going to do the serious business of looks like shifting it into a voucher program which is going to get less money to give to the insurance companies to replace medicare with less money. and by giving a slice of that money to the insurance companies. i thi...

Vote. >> no, in terms of policy. >> people have to make judgment calls on where they think federal dollars should go. medicares on the same path spending wise under obama and ryan. it will grow gdp plus 0.5%. obama tries to make that work by changing things on the provider and payment side. trying on to make medicare pay for quality. ryan does it by moving to a voucher program. if youre voting on medicare in the direction you think will be more effective. >> take a look at this romney campaign a...

Romney people are going to do the serious business of looks like shifting it into a voucher program which is going to get less money to give to the insurance companies to -- replace medicare with less money. and by -- giving us a slice of that money to the insurance companies. i think it does reduce the amount of benefits going to recipients. on the other hand, the obama approach has been to basically put a squeeze on providers, what they call unnecessary services, hope they can still provide th...

He simultaneous sly saying on the one hand he wants credit for being the guy that will make tough decisions on medicare. on the other hand, unlike every republican in the house and senate and barack obama and democrats, he wouldnt allow for even a dollar in cuts to medicare over the next decade. doesnt make you think he can make tough decisions on budgets. >> for the viewer out there who cares about this personally, he basically says ill see the cuts obama talked about and add to them by shrinki...