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Originally Posted by OvenMaster
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.
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I find this a sad post, seriously. Medicare is regarded as a tremendous success by all, yes even the radical right. For you parents to be scared of national health care being that they already have experience with Medicare is very upsetting and frankly an unconscionable situation that the republicans have caused.
I don't know what is wrong with this party but it just needs to go away and let a new mainstream one raise up from the ashes.
Between the rise of the "christen right", the Palin morons and this protect big business at all costs approach the republican party has become a blight on this great country, not an alternative.
I hope you guys run Palin in 2012 and the party collapses.
I remember John McCain near the end of the election facing a scared voter who said, "I'm scared of Barack Obama... he's an Arab terrorist..."
McCain responded "No, no ma'am. He's a decent family man with whom I happen to have some disagreements." “I want EVERYONE to be respectful, and lets make sure we are."
A woman later said that she was afraid to raise her child in a world where Obama was president, and McCain replied, "Well, I don't want him to be president, either. I wouldn't be running if I did. But, you don't have to be scared to have him be President of the United States."
McCain knew he had allowed his campaign to sell irrational fear and he was embarrassed and ashamed. It was the old John McCain.
The same disgusting crap is taking place today.
The Rove inspire modern GOP needs to be disbanded. It is just plain old bad for sociaty.