Viewpoints: Ryan’s attack on Medicaid; time to fix Medicare’s doc pay

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., obviously is a great adherent of the adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” On Monday his committee released another attack on Medicaid, one of the linchpins of the Affordable Care Act and one that for some reason is especially detested by conservatives, like the majority members of Ryan’s committee (Michael Hiltzik, 3/3). …read more