The Republican plan to privatize Medicare may need life support.
In a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday, a robust majority of registered voters disapproved of Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) proposal to privatize Medicare and cap spending on the program that provides health care assistance to the elderly. And further, a strong majority said they supported an alternate path toward deficit reduction: raising taxes on top income earners, a proposal the GOP leadership has said is a non-starter.The poll asked respondents to choose between one of two statements:
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