Jeb Bush Reveals Plan to Overhaul Medicare

Jeb Bush unveiled his proposal to overhaul Social Security and Medicare this morning, embracing a politically risky conservative platform as he tries to revive his flagging campaign. Bush’s plan would transform Medicare into a premium support program, extolling adopting one of Representative Paul Ryan’s most controversial budget ideas tenets to give beneficiaries a set amount of money to purchase either a private insurance plan or traditional Medicare. But Democrats have demonized Medicare privatization plans the past two election cycles as shredding the safety net and cast Republican backers as granny killers.

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