title: Shaky support. GOP candidates back new premium plan for Medicare, but details and impact a little fuzzy.
abstract: A variety of premium-support models for Medicare are floating around D.C. these days, but details are sketchy. However, now is the time for discussing such changes, according to one author, Sen. Ron Wyden, left, because unless lawmakers make fundamental changes, they must make incremental cuts "that will hurt seniors, will hurt healthcare providers, and that will essentially continue until the Medicare guarantee--and I use this word specifically--has been vaporized".
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zigmond
mesh_terms: D005380:Financing, Government / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005382:Financing, Personal; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D011057:Politics; D017149:Private Sector; D014481:United States