Former Minnesota governor and presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty reiterated today that while he thinks Paul Ryan is a “very bright, courageous congressman,” he doesn’t wholeheartedly support Ryan’s budget. “I think in general the direction of it is positive, but I’m going to have my own plan,” Pawlenty said during a question-and-answer session at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. “Some things will be the same, some things will be different.”
“Our Medicare plan, which we’ll have out shortly, in the not too-distant future will have some differences,” he continued. “We’ll be speaking about payment reforms, paying providers not just for volume but for quality and results as part of their compensation. We’ll be offering a variety of choices to people so they can choose the current program or select from other options. We’ll be talking about incentivizing consumers, so they can make any number of choices they like but they’ll be incentivized to make wise and good choices.”
