Jim McDermott actually said...

To say the employer mandate is connected to that really is a ruse to get us into a big argument about bringing the whole program down.

McDermott criticizes the framing of the employer mandate as a central issue.

07/16/2013

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This is a stage being set to get rid of Medicare. The Republicans have never liked Medicare.

Seniors already spend one third of their income on health care. They can't afford any more skin in the game.

The point of that is that the Republicans believe that seniors need to put more skin in the game.

So if Mr. Ryan and the Republicans succeed in moving to a voucher system--that is, we hand 5,700 or 6,300 or whatever amount to seniors ever...