Opinion: House GOP Budget Plan ‘Would End Medicare’
In a Sacramento Bee opinion piece, U.S. Rep. John Garamendi (D-Walnut Grove) argues that the House Republican fiscal year 2013 budget blueprint "would end Medicare" by allowing seniors to "choose between using a capped coupon to purchase private insurance or stick with traditional Medicare." He writes, "Make no mistake, if this plan ever becomes law, it will mark Medicare's death by a thousand coupons."
- "Viewpoints: Ryan's Budget Plan Would Be Beginning of End for Medicare" (Garamendi, Sacramento Bee, 3/28).