Paul Ryan can't even get GOP
voters on board (Jason Reed/Reuters)
Greg Sargent offers a reminder that there is overwhelming opposition to the GOP's proposal to repeal Medicare and replace it with vouchers:
Last September, the National Journal and Pew Research published a poll that found that roughly one third of Americans support “replacing the government-run Medicare system with a program that provides vouchers for private health insurance.” Even more tellingly, fewer than half of Republicans favored this idea.
As Greg argues, the deep unpopularity of the GOP proposal means it could be a huge gift to the President Obama and the Democratic Party—if they seize the opportunity.