Barack Obama to implement Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan through the Department of Health and Human Services

 I first heard about this story over at Political Realities: It appears as if Barack Obama has directed the Department of Health and Human Services to implement  a pilot program similar to Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan with one difference. While Paul Ryan’s plan is voluntary and nothing would change for seniors in regard to Medicare unless they personally decided to opt out of Medicare, Barack Obama’s plan would automatically privatize Medicare in states that decide to participate in this program and seniors would then have to opt out of the program or they would be automatically enrolled. Barack Obama is doing precisely what he falsely claimed Paul Ryan was trying to do.

  Since Paul Ryan first introduced his budget plan the Democrats in general and Barack Obama in particular have been hammering him and attempting to scare seniors, going so far as to release a video which showed him pushing granny off a cliff. All the while neglecting to make mention of the fact that Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan was voluntary and nobody’s Medicare coverage would change unless they decided to change it.

  Is it any wonder that so many Americans no longer believe a single word to come out of Barack Obama’s mouth? The man is a master of doing one thing while saying another and this is just the latest in a long line of examples. For more on Barack Obama’s hypocrisy on this issue please check out Larry’s post on Political realities that I linked to above.