Joe Biden accused Paul Ryan of promoting a Medicare plan that has no Democratic support.
But Paul Ryan formed a plan to reform Medicare with Ron Wyden, a Democratic Representative from Oregon.
NBC News reported:
The Oregon Democrat joined the Wisconsin Republican in calling for a fundamental restructuring of the Medicare entitlement.
Sitting next to Ryan at the Bipartisan Policy Center event, Wyden said, "There’s a window of opportunity here, a chance to change the conversation, lower the decibel level ... and see if we can bring together progressives and conservatives" to create a system in which people on Medicare choose a private-sector health plan or traditional Medicare, if they want.
Wyden said their plan was "a model driven by choices and competition, here with traditional Medicare, and approaches that would come from the private sector, innovation that the private sector offers. We believe it’s going to work ... ."
