Ryan boxes Obama in on Medicare

Published December 15, 2011 5:00am ET



Last night, House Budget Committee Paul Ryan, R-Wis., announced a bi-partisan breakthrough on Medicare reform that will significantly undercut President Obama’s attempts to demagogue the issue in next year’s presidential election.

In April of this year, Obama said, “I will not allow Medicare to become a voucher program that leaves seniors at the mercy of the insurance industry.”

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