icare, would preserve the system by reforming Medicare. But using the annual reports from the Medicare Trustees, including Obama’s Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleeen Sebelius, two analysts say the president's own plan would actually cut seniors' benefits. The two analysts, John Goodman and Tom Saving, project a loss of benefits for three key age groups. Future benefits for those now 65, they say, would be reduced by almost $ 36,000. For those who are 55, the total reduction is about $ 62,000. And for those who are 45, the total reduction in future benefits would add up to more than $105,000. The reason is that the recent health care law cut $500 billion from Medicare, which it hopes to save by paying less to doctors, hospitals and other providers. But one of the authors, John Goodman, of the National Center for Policy Analysis, says "the president's plan is going to cause pain for seniors. It's going to spend progressively less than everybody else is spending on health care. The seniors are going to have a harder time finding a doctor who will see them, facilities that will admit them." The administration argues no one will have to pay more because doctors and hospitals will be more productive, increasing efficiency at the same rate as manufacturing facilities like an auto plant. The Chief Actuary of Medicare fears that won't work. The office issued an analysis Monday calling that and other assumed savings "implausible," and fears the savings will not materialize, either making Medicare far more expensive or making it harder for seniors to get proper care. If that doesn't hold down costs, the president has a backup plan, a board with the power to simply reduce payments to providers when necessary. Rep. Ryan puts it this way. "The president's plan is to give the government the power to deny care to seniors by empowering a panel of 15 unelected bureaucrats to put price controls and rationing in place for current seniors." Democrats have their own attacks. In a new television ad, Democrats accuse Paul of "