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Originally Posted by noonereal
Tell me why you feel the old should be worried. Medicare is generally accepted as a great plan and I know of no seniors who are not thrilled to have it.
I know the old are worried because of Fox and the GOP, but rationally, why should they be if Medicare is such a success?
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Why should they be worried? Rationing care comes to mind. So do cuts to Medicare, possible elimination of Medicare Advantage programs, exorbitant premium hikes, higher co-pays. And these are just off the top of my head.
In short, any changes for the worse to a program that works fair at best.
And in case you're wondering why I'm concerned, it's because I've got a pair of retired parents here in their 70's who are both angry as hell and worried sick about all this, and nothing I say calms them down. They're fairly satisfied with what they have now and want zero changes, and frankly, I can't say as I blame them. I wouldn't either.
They nor I have yet to read or hear about any aspect of health care reform that will directly benefit seniors.
Have I looked at the bill? Yes. It's so filled with rubbish, doublespeak, and deliberately arcane language it's not funny. In order to adequately translate it to standard English, one would need the entire code of U.S. law at hand to see which paragraphs and sentences have words struck out, added, changed, or altered. I'm not a lawyer. That bill should be written in plain English.
This health care reform plan is a joke. All the government ought to do is cover those who can't pay for insurance, help those who can pay according to their income, make sure no one is refused coverage for pre-existing conditions, and keep premiums reasonable.
How do we pay for all this? Stop the unnecessary bailouts and stop King George's unnecessary war.
/rant