Even More Ryan Ridiculousness
Paul Krugman's blog
NYT
Here’s the table from the CBO report you really want to focus on:
Note the two boxed lines.
The first shows the supposed path of government spending on health care, which is supposed to go down as a share of GDP despite an aging population and the long-term rising trend in health care costs. We know where that comes from: Ryan is proposing health care vouchers that grow only with general inflation — an incredibly stringent constraint, which nobody serious believes can be met.
(More here.)
NYT
Here’s the table from the CBO report you really want to focus on:
Note the two boxed lines.
The first shows the supposed path of government spending on health care, which is supposed to go down as a share of GDP despite an aging population and the long-term rising trend in health care costs. We know where that comes from: Ryan is proposing health care vouchers that grow only with general inflation — an incredibly stringent constraint, which nobody serious believes can be met.
(More here.)
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