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Paul Ryan's Medicare voucher plan is back!
You need to know this. House Republicans won't give up on their efforts to voucher-ize Medicare – and now Representative Paul Ryan wants even more people approaching retirement, to be forced into his voucher scam. In a change from Ryan's prior budgets, which set the Medicare cutoff to age 55, the GOP's newest budget proposal will only allow those 56 and older, to stay in the current Medicare system.
Republicans want to provide seniors with a healthcare voucher, which could be used to purchase a private insurance plan, or Medicare. But that so-called choice is a sly attempt to destroy senior's guaranteed health coverage. For many seniors, private insurance plans would be far too expensive, and vouchers would not cover the entire cost of traditional Medicare – leaving seniors to foot the rest of the bill.
Healthier, wealthier seniors who could afford the additional costs would have insurance, but many wouldn't be able to afford health care at all. The voucher plan destroys senior's right to guaranteed healthcare coverage, and that's exactly what Paul Ryan and House Republicans want. Last time Ryan proposed this voucher plan, poll-after-poll showed Americans didn't approve, but that isn't stopping him from pushing his privatization efforts again.
We must make sure he doesn't succeed. Call Congress now and tell them to stop Paul Ryan from destroying Medicare.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Dale Stephens, "Hacking Your Education" (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Conversations with Great Minds - Dale Stephens, "Hacking Your Education" 
Daily Take: If women were in charge...
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Thursday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Will big banks cause the end of capitalism?- Austin Petersen, The Libertarian Republic.com / Production-Freedomworks
Hour Two: Will your town force you to own a gun?- Attorney Mike Papantonio, host of "Ring of Fire Radio" 
Geeky Science Rocks - How salty food can make you sicker than you thought
Hour Three: Too Big To Jail, Too Big To Fail
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Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will be here with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too...
Hour Two: Anything Goes on Townhall Friday / Happy International Women's Day
Hour Three: Co-sponsored (w/US Rep Gary Peters D-MI,14) legislation to spur the development of new clean auto technologies- Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
We'll bring you all the latest news & information you need to know from the weekend...
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Thom's Poll
Would electing more women make our nation better?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
BREAKING: Climate Catastrophe - Closer Than We Think
Geeky - How salty food can make you sicker than you thought
Gun in Vagina takes Concealed Carry to New Level!
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Caller: The Libertarians Are Crazy!
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Will Big Banks Cause The End of Capitalism?
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