Obama cut $575 BILLION for seniors using Medicare over the next 10 years. That $575 BILLION goes to other programs including a vast expansion of aid to the poor through Medicaid.
It’s time to ask congress to PUT BACK the $575 BILLION to Medicare.
If Obama refuses to sign a law returning $575 BILLION to Medicare so that system is funded “as we’ve known it” then senior citizens know what the President really thinks of older folks. And seniors will know who to vote against in 2012.
Next, offer seniors who use Medicare a choice: do you want to opt in to the Ryan plan or continue to keep Medicare?
The senior citizens I talk to want IN to the Ryan plan. Why?
The “choice” is a no brainer: what senior citizen wants a cost-cutting board of 15 unknown persons making all medical decisions (that congress cannot overturn) versus choice to pick their own private health plan? Huh?
The Ryan plan offers a choice of private health plans and a premium paid to the plan they choose. The amount paid is the equivalent of what Medicare is projected to spend under the Obama health care: $15,000 a year on average, more for the oldest and less for the youngest, all inflation adjusted.
The Ryan proposal includes a $7,800 annual medical savings account to help low income seniors out with out-of-pocket costs.
Since the President has deigned to show his birth certificate let’s force him to show his hand how he views senior citizens. Will Obama tell the 101 year old woman who wants a pace maker to take a pain pill (via the cost cutting decisions of his 15 appointees) or will Obama give her the choice to purchase a health plan that fits her individual needs?
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