Slate: "The Ryan proposal compels Americans to buy insurance—just like Obamacare does."

[rgG]

mick e wrote:
swampy is an educated consumer, so she'll be fine.

As for the millions of folks who might struggle in the marketplace under the Ryan plan? Well - just screw 'em.

So is my 85 year old mother-in-law, college educated and always on top of things. Still at 85, even she has some trouble dealing with her Medicare statements and even the limited choices offered to her for supplemental insurance and prescription drug plans. How much harder would it be if she had to sort through 20 different companies sending her offers and options. We just don"t want to go there.

What do you do when Grandma shows up at the hospital and says she doesn't have any insurance because she didn't know she was supposed to do this or that? What do you do with the seniors who just have no clue about such things? As it is now, the part A of Medicare is virtually automatic. If you change that, we are all screwed. This is just a bad idea, period.