Liberal advocates defend study critical of Romney Medicare plan - The Hill's Healthwatch

Liberal advocates defend study critical of Romney Medicare plan - The Hill's Healthwatch

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Romney's campaign dismissed the claim — and the study — as biased and desperate.

"The president's decision to use discredited studies and outright falsehoods to attack Mitt Romney is an admission that he can't talk about his record of crushing the middle class and failing to turn the economy around," Romney campaign spokesman Ryan Williams told reporters.

The GOP plan would partially privatize Medicare, so seniors would choose between the existing program or subsidies to help buy private insurance. Romney and Ryan argue that a "premium support" model is needed to reduce costs in Medicare and ensure the program exists for future seniors.

Cutler countered Monday that medical costs "need to be addressed in a way that's not just dumping the hot potato on someone else, but to really go after the drivers of medical costs."