Reply #8: Exactly, it's all about [View All]

[ProSense]

giving Ryan credibility. Even Alice Rivlin rejected his plan.

Zakaria: "If Democrats don't like his budget ideas, they should propose their own — presumably without tax cuts and with stronger protections for Medicare and Medicaid and deeper reductions in defense spending."

That completely ignores that the President has already taken steps to address health care cost.

Krugman: "Mr. Obama...has done more to rein in long-run deficits than any previous president."

Bending The Curve

Medicaid and Medicare are not the problem. Additional measures to address drug prices and control overall health care cost will also bring down Medicaid and Medicare spending.