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Plan. ryan getting lots of kudos for guts. but his plan does do what the president says it would do, right? >> well, yeah, it does. it would turn medicare into a voucher program. it is fair to say in my view that it would end medicare as we know it. it would create something else that would be called medicare. it wouldnt be the program we know. this is pretty much a fundamental question. whether you make medicare into a voucher program or you keep it as an entitlement. and i believe the polls sh...

Voucher program, so if that voucher isnt worth enough to buy the health insurance thats on the market, youre out of luck. youre on your own. its wrong to ask seniors to pay more for medicare, just so millionaires and billionaires can pay less in taxes. thats not the way to reduce the deficit. we shouldnt be squeezing more money out of seniors who are just barely getting by right now. my plan is to squeeze more money out of the health care system by eliminating waste and going after abuse and fra...

To become law of the land and i understand if mitt romney wants to turn medicare into a voucher program, kelly, that is legitimate. i would just suggest the president has a responsibility to come forward -- hes been president for three and a half years. his own debt commission -- >> it resonates the next few months. everybody knows that the problem after the election, whoever is elected president, will -- this dealing with these entitlement programs and the fiscal cliff which will be the new buz...

Yes, the pilot is there, but the ground crew is important as well. this is all the president is saying. this deconstructs the mythology of self-made men, when indeed theyve been helped on every side. the president has moved on, opening a whole new line of attack against candidate romney, one that americans better pay closer attention to. heres the president in florida today. >> he plans to turn medicare into a voucher program, so if that voucher isnt worth enough to buy the health insurance that...

Presidential race. president obama has just kicked off a campaign swing through the sunshine state as a "new york times" poll shows the race is neck and neck. if the election were held today, 45% would choose mitt romney. 43%, president obama. thats within the margin of error, but the first time romney has held a numeric edge in that poll since clinching the nomination in may. the trouble for the president, just 39% say they apruf of obamas handling of the economy. 55% disapprove. that number is...

>> he plans to turn medicare into a voucher program. so if that voucher isnt worth enough to buy the health insurance thats on the market, youre out of luck. youre on your own. one independent nonpartisan study found seniors would have to pay more for medicare than they do today. florida, thats the wrong way to go. its wrong to ask seniors to pay more for medicare just so millionaires and billionaires can pay less in taxes. >> the president is right. while theres a lot we dont know about what ro...

Over the top. but its fair in this sense. romney has bought into the ryan plan. ryan gets lots of kudos for guts, but his plan does do what the president says it would do, right? >> yeah, it does. it would turn medicare into a voucher program. it is fair to say in my view, that it would end medicare as we know it. it would create something else that would be called medicare, but it wouldnt be the program we know. this is pretty much a fundamental question, i think. whether you make medicare into...

Medicare and replaces it with some kind of a voucher program. lets listen. >> he plans to roll back health care reform forcing floridians to pay more for prescription drugs. he plans to turn medicare into a voucher program. if that voucher isnt worth enough to buy the health insurance thats on the market, youre out of luck. youre on your own. one independent nonpartisan study found that seniors would have to pay nearly $6400 more for medicare than they do today. >> dee dee meyers is contribute b...

Care reform, forcing more than 200,000 floridans to pay more for their prescription drugs. he plans to turn medicare into a voucher program, so that voucher isnt worth enough to buy the health insurance thats on the market, youre out of luck. youre on your own. one independent nonpartisan study found that seniors would have to pay nearly $6400 more for medicare than they do today. >> former white house press secretary to bill clinton and contributing editor to "vanity fair," eugene robinson, by ...

A point driven home with some exaggeration by this famous ad. lets listen to this. ♪ >> strong images there, wouldnt you say? well, today in florida, president obama opened a new front in his fight against romney making sure voters know romney would end medicare. basically, that hed throw mama from the train. this is serious business. romney ea romneys plan is the ryan plan, it gets rid of medicare and replaces it with a voucher program. >> he plans to roll back health