Through the year 2012, several studies related with the topic Nearly six in 10 Medicare

recipients would pay higher premiums under a hypothetical privatized system, with wide
regional differences leading to big hikes in some states and counties.
According to the study it, concluded that 60 percent of Medicare recipients would see higher
premiums under a privatized system on the Kaiser Family Foundation took a veiled swipe at the
Romney campaign today behind the cloak of a disclaimer, which is a system similar to the one
Romney is running on.
Some countries concluded as:
WASHINGTON (AP): The study carried a prominent disclaimer that it should not be taken as an
analysis of the Romney-Ryan proposal, partly because their plan lacks specifics. However,
Kaiser says the approach it modeled is similar to what Romney and Ryan propose.
Other studies such as, Privatized Medicare would raise premiums a study released Monday by
Boston Globe,
U.S. Privatizes National Forests, Nonprofit Claims
The U.S. Forest Service lets private companies charge people for using undeveloped public
lands, in violation of federal law, an Oregon nonprofit claims in Federal Court. Lead plaintiff
BARK clams the Forest Services grants to concessionaires violates the Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act. BARK has 7,000 members, many of them who live near the Mt.
Hood National Forest. Courthouse News Service
OH: Ohio governor considers privatizing state turnpike
The governor of Ohio, John Kasich, has said he wants to privatize the Ohio Turnpike, a 241-mile
road that stretches across the Buckeye State. I think its safe to say that many residents in
northern Ohio are skeptical, because they fear higher tolls and potentially more potholes, says
Trevor Brown, a professor of public policy at Ohio State. It costs $16.50 to drive the whole
length of the Ohio Turnpike, from Pennsylvania to Indiana. If the state does lease it, tolls would
probably go up. Marketplace.org
FL: State agency privatizes its juvenile facilities
The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice will privatize its five remaining residential facilities
by next year. The agency has been using prevention services to work with offenders at home and
sending those considered high-risk to a residential facility. A 2004 study by Yale economists
Patrick Bayer and David Pozen on privately-run juvenile facilities in Florida found a trade off in
the results. Their cost-benefit analysis implied that the short-run savings offered by privatization
would be reversed by increased recidivism rates. The Florida Current
WI: Majority of Wis. school districts to lose aid

The majority of Wisconsin public school districts will see less money in state aid this year. Even
though state aid increased by about $32 million, the amount public schools will get will decrease
over the prior year after about $158 million is directed toward private school choice programs in
Milwaukee and Racine. Gazette Extra
The Medicare change would mirror the difference between traditional workplace pensions and
modern-day 401(k) plans, in which the employer contribution is limited. While financing
Medicare would become less of a challenge for taxpayers under Romney's "premium support"
approach, the risk is that retirees could end up paying more if medical costs rise unchecked.
In the senior-rich political swing state of Florida, the hypothetical plan modeled by Kaiser would
boost premiums for traditional Medicare by more than $200 a month on average. In Nevada,
another competitive state, 50 percent of seniors would face additional monthly premiums of $100
or more. That's part of a new pattern of regional disparities that would emerge from overhauling
Medicare's payment system, the report said.
The study carried a prominent disclaimer that it should not be taken as an analysis of the
Romney-Ryan proposal, partly because their plan lacks specifics. However, Kaiser says the
approach it modeled is similar to what Romney and Ryan propose.
The study's main finding is that changing Medicare from an open-ended program that covers the
same benefits across the country will have profound local implications. Because the
government's contribution would be limited under the new system, seniors in areas with high
medical costs would see an increase in their premiums unless they switch to a low-cost plan.
Overall, the study found that 59 percent of Medicare recipients would face higher premiums if
they remained in their current plan, including about half of those in the traditional program.
Since Medicare spending per person varies dramatically around the country, the report found that
privatizing the program would create big regional disparities. In high-cost areas, the difference
between the second-least expensive private insurance plan and traditional Medicare can be
substantial, said Neuman.
In five states California, Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey and Nevada large numbers of
seniors would pay an additional $100 a month or more in Medicare premiums. Premiums could
also vary within states. In San Francisco and Sacramento counties in the northern part of
California, premiums for traditional Medicare would remain unchanged. But to the south, in Los
Angeles and Orange counties, premiums would go up more than $200 a month.
"These findings underscore the potential for highly disparate effects of a premium support
system for beneficiaries across the country," the report said.