What Is A Medicare Voucher System? 
Some members of Congress are promoting a Medicare Voucher System that would provide vouchers to Medicare eligible recipients and allow them to purchase insurance from a private company . The theory behind this is that it will promote competition and rates will go down . It will also , according to proponents , save the Government money since they no longer will have to administer claims . Whether this will come to pass is anybodies guess at this point . 