No matter how much they try to dress it up or change the subject, House Republicans cannot erase their vote last April to end the Medicare guarantee and put insurance companies in charge of seniors’ health care. The facts are simple:
BY THE NUMBERS
47 -- Years since the Medicare guarantee was signed into law by President Johnson on July 30, 1965
15 -- Number of minutes it took House Republicans to vote to end the Medicare guarantee on April 15, 2011
235 -- Number of House Republicans who voted to end the Medicare guarantee
98 -- Percentage of House Republicans who voted to end the Medicare guarantee
0 -- Number of House Democrats who voted to end the Medicare guarantee
39 -- Projected percentage increase in overall health spending due to reliance on high-cost private plans under GOP bill
$6,400 -- Projected annual increase in health care cost facing seniors by 2022 under the GOP plan to end the Medicare guarantee
Countless -- Number of Americans who would lose their Medicare guarantee starting in 2021
