The AP writes, “Democrats are distorting the fundamentals of a Republican plan to reshape Medicare, falsely accusing the GOP of pushing a proposal that tells the elderly ‘you’re on your own’ with health care and that lets insurers deny coverage to the sick.”

In truth, as Paul Ryan noted yesterday at the White House, the House proposal calls for seniors to continue dealing directly with Medicare, not with private insurance companies — a point that Democrats have continually tried to distort by referring to the proposal as a “voucher plan.”