Who told ‘lie’ on Ryan plan?

In Mr. Steve Quick’s letter to the Daily Herald on Jun. 15, he comments on Paul Ryan’s Medicare proposal about what he says is “the lie” spread by opponents: that the proposal takes away Medicare benefits from senior citizens who already have them. As one who has followed this issue very closely, I know of no one on either side of the debate who claims that those over 55 would have their present or future Medicare benefits affected. Those who are adamantly against Mr. Ryan’s plan are well aware of this provision and are offended that Mr. Ryan and his Republican supporters apparently think that seniors on Medicare don’t care about anyone’s future health care needs but their own. Mr. Quick should provide evidence of where and when this “lie” was told and who told it.

Tom Boyd

Hawthorn Woods