Republican senators want to sell seniors on Medicare privatization

[ProSense]

Republican senators want to sell seniors on Medicare privatization

by Joan McCarter

They're not senators, they're insurance salesmen.

You’re a Republican senator. How do you sell a plan to privatize Medicare?

One way is to fashion the massive overhaul as an extension of the private system members of Congress enjoy—the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan—and then trumpet the merits of that system over existing Medicare.

“We have to convince (seniors) this is something better,” said Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), flanked by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Rand Paul (R-KY), authors of a new Medicare privatization plan, at a Capitol press conference on Thursday. “If we thought Medicare was better, we would be on it as senators.”

DeMint is 60 years old. Graham is 56. Paul is 49. Medicare eligibility age is 65.

Okay, they're lying insurance salesmen.

They admit the plan "Obamacare" is for seniors, which even though they hate Obamacare and want to repeal it for everybody else, they think is fine for seniors. Whatever, as long as traditional Medicare eventually dies.

And die it would under their plan, which would shift Medicare patients into private plans with subsidies, starting in 2014. The program would be means tested, and the eligibility age would gradually rise. Whether or not subsidies to seniors would keep up with the rising costs of health care is a question, but what's not a question is that it likely wouldn't actually save money, since Medicare continues to be more cost effective than private insurance.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/15/1074706/-Republican-Senators-want-to-sell-seniors-on-Medicare-privatization-

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1. Good luck with that!

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2. Who is advising these rethugs?

Is there a group sitting around dreaming up horrible schemes to unleash in the population? Where do these nightmares originate?

Alienate Hispanics - check
Alienate African Americans - check
Alienate GLBT- check
Alienate women - check
Alienate seniors - in progress


they push this crap just as the millions of 'boomers' (which demint, graham & paul are) are nearing the magic medicare age?

[underpants]

3. Rush. RW radio, and Fox News

the propaganda is running the show for them....and all of our country sadly.

[onethatcares]

4. yep, all they have to do is

convince those folks that are retiring on less than they expected and social security to fork out large premiums to

for profit healthcare insurance companies.

Should be relatively easy, doncha think?

Medicare for all is the way I see it.