It's a One-Two Punch for GOP and Their Plan to End Medicare

House Republicans, who first voted to end Medicare this April, were dealt quite the one-two punch this morning. Not only did they see ANOTHER poll that highlights America's rejection of their Medicare-ending budget…

CBS News Poll

Nearly 7 in 10 Americans see Medicare as a worthwhile program – with 81 percent of seniors and 76 percent of Americans age 45-64 saying Medicare benefits are worth the cost to taxpayers.

58 percent of Americans – and 53 percent of those under the age of 55 – would prefer Medicare stay as it is and not be turned into a program where seniors are given a voucher for private health insurance.

61 percent have an unfavorable opinion of the Republican party – a record high in CBS News Polls.

47 percent say the economy and jobs are the top issue presidential candidates should discuss while 11 percent say budget deficit and just 7 percent chose health care.

...but also a new report reveals that their very own districts will be the ones most devastated by this irresponsible bill.

Bloomberg Government – Medicare Cuts Would Hit Republican Lawmakers Most, Census Shows

Republican Michael Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania backed a U.S. House plan in April to privatize Medicare even though his congressional district would feel the impact more than almost anywhere else in the nation…

Nine of the 10 districts throughout the U.S. with the most people age 45-54 are represented by Republicans, including Fitzpatrick, a Bloomberg analysis of census data shows. Those would be among the first Americans to no longer have Medicare as an open-ended entitlement, and instead would be given money to buy private insurance when they're eligible, under the plan.

Fitzpatrick, like the other Republicans, said he stands by his position...

So far, older Americans aren't responding favorably to privatizing Medicare, polls show. Fifty-one percent of people age 50 and over oppose the Republican plan, while 29 percent support it, according to a May 25-30 survey by the Washington- based Pew Research Center. Even among Republicans, more people oppose the plan than like it…

Representative Joe Courtney, 58, of Connecticut is the sole Democrat in those top 10 districts. He said the Medicare proposal, offered by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, would come back to haunt Republicans...

It's time for Republicans to start listening to their constituents and abandon their plan to end Medicare—and instead focus on America's top priority of job creation.