Wasserman Schultz’s bogus claim that the GOP Medicare plan will ‘throw you to the wolves’ - The Fact Checker - The Washington Post

Wasserman Schultz did not say voucher, but her statement suggests that people would be handed a check (“X number of dollars”) and then have to go out and find a plan that they can afford. She also said the plan would “allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions.”

Neither of those claims are true. The system as envisioned by Republicans would operate much like the Medicare prescription drug plan currently does. The government would not give people a check or anything like that; the government would handle the funds, just as they do under the drug plan. As the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said when it examined the plan, “The premium support payments would go directly from the government to the plans that people selected.”

Wasserman Schultz’s bogus claim that the GOP Medicare plan will ‘throw you to the wolves’ - The Fact Checker - The Washington Post