MASSDEVICE ON CALL — When likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney tapped Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his running mate, it put Medicare front and center in the campaign for the White House.
That’s because of Ryan’s ambitious budget proposal and its implications for Medicare, the government insurance program for the elderly and disabled. Ryan’s proposals have won approval twice in the U.S. House of Representatives but were stymied in the Democrat-controlled Senate.