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Ryan has claimed the voucher program or as they call it in this plan, premium support is not really a fair way to describe his plan. so break it down for us. is it fair? what does it really do when we talk about it to the medicare system? >> well, i think he's trying to get us into a game of semantics. what it is is a plan that would begin privatize the program. it would -- the government would pay premium dollars to private insurance companies. premium dollars coming and also coming from american taxpayers. they would be capped at a certain amount so over the course of time, you would be faci...

The 2012 congressional elections. in defending that plan today he pointed out the year and a half until the next election. >> so we have a year and a half, and i believe in a year and a half's time, the truth will get out. the facts will be known. when i do town hall meetings and discuss this with seniors at senior centers, once they understand the facts, they want these solution. >> the kinds ever solutions that ryan is talking about are in his new web video full of highly polished graphics. in the video ryan doesn't talk about turning medicare into a voucher program. instead he uses a phrase...

Talk about it to the medicare system? >> well, i think he's trying to get us into a game of semantics. what it is is a plan that would begin privatize the program. it would -- the government would pay premium dollars to private insurance companies. premium dollars coming and also coming from american taxpayers. they would be capped at a certain amount so over the course of time, you would be facing that senior citizens would be paying far more out of their own pockets than they are now. >> so the congressional budget office is saying ryan's plan would do less to contain the growth of health ca...

Of congress enjoy today. >> let's bring in and say good evening to wendell potter, also a contributor to the huffington post. good to have you on with us. i want to start with that clip from the ryan video. patients would have coverage options like those enjoyed by members of congress spp that true? if so, it sounds pretty sweet. >> the problem is, they don't really want to have choices. they want to have a program that works for them that helps to control costs and will be there when they need it. i don't think that any senior citizen wants to think that when they are sick, when they are real...

Need proof? the fine folks over at finney.com put together a debt clog with the total student loan debt. take a look at that number. what does this mean? what could be done about it? the publisher and also the president of mk consulting inc. hi, mark. glad you're with us. such an important issue to so many people. why has all of this debt continued to climb so high? >> because grants have not kept pace with the costs. the pell grant program was cut. the $8 billion is going to result in an increase in borrowing. state and college tuition is going up this year because of the ending of the stimul...