Today the US House of Representatives voted and passed the 2012 budget that was put forth by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). The republican Bill will kill Medicare and replace it with a voucher program and leave senior citizens to fend for themselves trying to find an insurance company that will accept them. The vote was 238-193.
The budget Bill H.CON.RES.34, Titled: ‘Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2021‘, will not even balance the budget until 2040 according to the CBO. But it will make trillions for the health care industry as it privatizes what was once Medicare. (Bill Summary: Library of Congress)