Politics of Medicare making Democrats, Republicans testy and disputatious
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on NBC's "Meet The Press" that he supports the controversial plan by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to transform Medicare into a voucher-like system in which future beneficiaries those 54 and younger would get subsidies to buy health insurance rather than have the government directly pay their doctor and hospital bills.

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Controversial Medicare plan is 'on the table'
WASHINGTON (AP) The top Republican in the Senate said Sunday that a controversial House Medicare plan is on the table as President Barack Obama and his GOP rivals wrestle over budget cuts to enact this summer.

Mitch McConnell: Medicare To Be Part Of Debt Ceiling Deal
WASHINGTON -- The Senate's top Republican said Friday that lawmakers should not fear voter backlash for trying to pluck savings from Medicare as part of a debt-reduction effort because it will take a bipartisan accord to tackle the popular program.