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Obama’s Medicare Politics Show Ryan Is Right on Policy

By Ben Shapiro
Thursday, April 10 2014

In a surprise move, the Obama administration has reversed course on an ObamaCare-mandated cut to Medicare Advantage, replacing the long-feared cut with a slight increase in funding. Though motivated by political calculations, the episode confirms that the fundamentals for reforming health care support the policy changes sought by Paul Ryan. Monday, April 7, was seen as a kind of D-Day for health insurance companies operating Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Months ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a 1.9 percent cut in MA’s 2015 reimbursement rates by the federal…

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