The Republican Medicare reform proposal is contained in a budget plan developed by the party's vice presidential nominee, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, who spoke to the convention here in Tampa Wednesday.
"We had help from Medicare, and it was there, just like it's there for my mom today. Medicare is a promise, and we will honor it," he said.
Ryan's plan would eventually transform Medicare into an agency that provides funds for seniors to use in selecting health insurance from private companies.
Some young people like University of Tampa student Christian Root agree with Republicans about the need to cut federal spending.
But even Root wonders if the Republican plan is fair to his generation.
"If I am going to be paying the same as my parents did, I would like to receive those same benefits because I feel entitled to them," he said.
But Florida Congressman Dennis Ross says the program has to be reformed.
"If we leave it alone, it's going to die. It's going to be bankrupt in 10 years," he said.
Ross says Mitt Romney and Republican candidates for Congress will have to overcome voter fears that Medicare will be destroyed by their plan.
"If we give them an honest assessment of the economic situation, of Medicare today and where it will be next year and how we will ensure it will be there, I believe the American public will be with us," he said.
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