Take Action – As ACA is Considered, Keep Medicare Strong

Rep. Ryan's plan would transform Medicare into a web of private insurance plans and put individuals with Medicare on a strict allowance to fend for themselves in the private insurance market. This proposal would direct billions of taxpayer dollars to insurance corporations, yet allow them to cherry-pick healthier and wealthier customers, leaving the Medicare program to cover those individuals who require the most expensive care – the sickest and the poorest of our nation's older and disabled people.

But that's not all. In addition to the demise of the Medicare program, that millions of American families rely on, Ryan's budget would alsoend most government programs other than Social Security, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs, and even these would be slashed dramatically.

After reviewing the Congressional Budget Office's analysis, the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities identified just a few of the hundreds of critical programs that would be severely impacted:

Veteran's programs Law Enforcement Border Patrol Highways Medical and Scientific Research

National Parks Protection of Food Safety and Water Supply Student Loans Higher Education

Shockingly, at the same time it claims that these extreme and dangerous cuts are necessary, the Ryan plan goes on to provide the nation's wealthiest with ten trillion dollars in new and extended tax cuts. The Ryan budget hands over Medicare to the private insurance industry. It puts corporate profits over people.