NPR's Mara Liasson Admits: Medicare Ends Even Without Ryan Plan NPR's Mara Liasson: There's a great opportunity because all sorts of other horrible things are going to happen if we don't make this deal... Fox News' Bret Baier: So in other words, Medicare will end as you know it, even if they don't take up Paul Ryan's plan. Liasson: Yeah well that's a good reason to come up with some kind of plan and pass it.