Jim Sensenbrenner Backs Off Medicare Plan : Medicare Concerns Dominate Town Hall Meeting

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/27/jim-sensenbrenner-backs-o_n_884962.html
One of the most conservative veteran Republicans in the House, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, backed away from the GOP's controversial Medicare plan at a town hall in his Wisconsin district on Sunday, according to a report from the local Brookfield Patch.

Sensenbrenner was pressed by a 54-year-old constituent, who would lose the guaranteed coverage offered by Medicare under the plan put forward by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and instead be required to purchase private insurance with a government voucher.

"If it's good enough for the people 54 and younger ... then I think it's good enough for people 55 and older," said the constituent, who Patch identified as Paul Race, a former Marine and a teacher of 25 years.

Sensenbrenner declined to back Ryan's plan on Sunday, backtracking from his earlier support of the proposal. "I'm not here to say he's right or he's wrong, but at least he's got a plan," he told the town hall. But when the same Medicare-altering proposal came before the house in April, Sensenbrenner voted to support it.


Medicare Concerns Dominate Town Hall Meeting
http://brookfield-wi.patch.com/articles/medicare-concerns-dominate-town-hall-meeting

[Archae]

1. Too late fathead!

You already voted for it!

[sufrommich]

2. ""I'm not here to say he's right or he's wrong, but at least he's got a plan,"

It's a dangerous, ignorant plan, but hey, it's a plan.

What a ridiculous comment.

[rurallib]

6. And I am getting sick and tired of baggers and the media saying

Dems have no pan. We have a plan.
Stop that fucking giveaway to the insurance companies called medicare Plus and negotiate drug prices and I bet medicare becomes viable.

[gratuitous]

7. Say what you will about national socialism; at least it's an ethos!

Government by Sobchak. Brilliant.

[sufrommich]

8. lol. Very true. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Even Senselessbrainer has figured out

that the Ryan plan is about as popular as a bad case of hemorrhoids.

[democrat_patriot]

4. Run run as fast as you can. But the budget will get ya in 2012!

I hope this doesn't peter out before the election, it's a good way to take back the house.

[denverbill]

5. Why not start it now and make it a voluntary plan? 35% of voters support it.

Let those assholes be the guinea pigs.

[sarcasmo]

9. Medicare for all.