GOP Revives Medicare Scare Tactics As Election Nears

“Democrats call it ‘Medicare for All’ because it sounds good, but in reality, it actually ends Medicare in its current form,” Speaker of the House Paul Ryan asserted in a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 8.

Once again, Medicare is moving front and center in this fall’s campaigns.

Throughout the election season, Democrats have been criticizing Republicans over votes and lawsuits that would eliminate insurance protections for pre-existing conditions for consumers.

But now Republicans are working to change the health care conversation with a tried-and-true technique used by both parties over the years: telling seniors their Medicare coverage may be in danger.