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Flashback: 2010 Obama-Ryan exchange foreshadowed current Medicare debate
A 2010 exchange between President Obama and Paul Ryan — then the top Republican on the House Budget committee — foreshadowed this week's campaign trail brawl over Medicare.
Obama, speaking at the House GOP retreat in Baltimore, said that any change to Medicare by either Democrats or Republicans would undoubtedly provoked a furious response from the other side — with the president lamenting the inevitable political back and forth.
"There is a political vulnerability to doing anything that tinkers with Medicare," Obama said, referring to Ryan's proposal to make Medicare into a voucher system for future retirees.
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