In the age of 'Mediscare,' which side is right?

From the Politico.com - By JENNIFER HABERKORN - When the Obama campaign accused Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan of wanting to “end Medicare as we know it,” the two Republicans could have responded: “Yes, you’re right — our country is going broke, and we’re going to have to make some painful choices if we want to survive.” But they didn’t. Instead, Romney and Ryan declared themselves to be the ones who would “save” Medicare — and accused Barack Obama of being the one who would kill it. It’s not like Obama is anxious to discuss the details of his plan either, since he took a knife to Medicare spending when he signed the Democrats’ health care reform law in 2010. So you can forget about that high-minded “adult conversation” about entitlement spending that everyone says we ought to have. Obama doesn’t want it, Romney doesn’t want it, and the National Republican Campaign Committee officially took it off the table this week with a memo advising candidates not to even utter the words “entitlement reform.” What we’ll get now is three months of “Mediscare” — with Republicans and Democrats warning daily that the other guy would throw grandma off the cliff. So who’s right? They both are — and they both aren’t. Read more

In the age of 'Mediscare,' which side is right?