claim: paul ryan’s medicare plan provides "pretty much" the same coverage that members of congress receive.
author: rick santorum
evidence_1: jul 25, 2017 ... while legislators don't pay nothing for health care coverage, they don't pay much. ... here's how much members of congress pay for their health insurance ... speaker of the house paul ryan smiles as he departs a meeting at the u.s. capitol before a vote to repeal obamacare in washington, d.c., u.s., ...
evidence_2: nov 15, 2016 ... democrats have been feeling many emotions over the last week — anguish, fear, rage, and despair, for starters. now that their heads are clearing enough to begin asking themselves how they can mount an effective opposition to donald trump and the republican congress over the next four years. one of ...
evidence_3: oct 21, 2016 ... instead, the job of holding down costs was outsourced to the insurance companies delivering the subsidized new coverage, known as medicare part d. the ban ... “they are able to pretty much call the shots,” potter said, referring to the drug industry along with its allies in the insurance industry. “it doesn't ...
evidence_4: mar 7, 2017 ... indeed, the bill is not so much an aca repeal bill as it is an attempt to change dramatically the medicaid program. ..... state-run high-risk pools that was indicated by paul ryan as the coming replace less than two months ago in january is that the reconciliation process, allowing the "replace" to get passed ...
evidence_5: mar 9, 2017 ... as expected, paul ryan has released a sweeping proposal—the american health care act—to remake the u.s. health care system. ... the mission their voters sent them to congress to accomplish, and they want to do it even if it means millions of insurance policies get canceled and swing voters go nuts.