claim: medicare "premium support" backed by republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan "is not vouchers."
author: phil gingrey
evidence_1: mar 28, 2013 ... if the voucher is too small to buy adequate coverage, those who rely on ...  congressman paul ryan that transforms medicare into a voucher system (also ...  private plans in medicare have, on average, always cost more, not less, ...  medicare as the vice-presidential candidate, and after an election in which ...
evidence_2: nov 2, 2012 ... paul ryan of wisconsin, now the gop's vice presidential candidate. "the ryan  budget gets rid of medicare in 10 years and turns it into a voucher program,"  whitehouse said. ... (not an actual budget) calling for the conversion of medicare  into a voucher ... republicans call it "premium support. ... back to top ...
evidence_3: hundreds gather on capitol hill to say "no cuts to medicaid!" ... for the third year  in a row, the republican majority in the house of ... paul ryan that transforms  medicare into a voucher system (also known as premium support). ... this is the  budget plan developed and championed by vice presidential candidate paul  ryan.
evidence_4: oct 23, 2018 ... roskam has voted to privatize medicare & turn it into voucher ... into a voucher  program, has supported privatizing medicare and social security ... future  recipients of medicare would be offered voucherlike 'premium support' to pay for  ... congressman and now gop vice presidential candidate paul ryan.
evidence_5: mar 11, 2013 ... thanks largely to paul ryan, medicare is no longer an issue that dare not be ...  and last year's republican vice presidential candidate, to try a third time. ... a  payment (known variously as premium support or a voucher) to help ...