Apr 252011
I’ve already explained at length why Paul Ryan’s plan to transform Medicare is a deeply flawed idea. But let me try to make my objections a little more concrete via judicious use of YouTube. If Ryan’s plan becomes law, millions of senior citizens and people with disabilities will be unable to afford expensive medical devices. Instead, they’ll be forced to jury-rig solutions that are barley adequate and quite possibly hazardous to themselves and others. They may even resort to using lawnmowers to power their manual wheelchairs. I’m not sure what dire circumstances pushed that poor woman to such desperate measures, but I sure don’t want that to become a common sight across the nation.
And in case it needs to be said, I’m only half-kidding.
