Despite their recent protestations to the contrary, Republicans have had Medicare in their crosshairs for years. This year just happens to be one of the few times they’ve been so brazen about it that the public has started to clue in. A quick look back at the last two decades of Republican efforts to gut Medicare.

David Kurtz

David Kurtz is Managing Editor and Washington Bureau Chief of Talking Points Memo where he oversees the news operations of TPM and its sister sites.