Republicans muscled a budget through the House of Representatives in April that they said would take an important step toward reducing the federal deficit. Introduced by U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the plan kept Medicare intact for people 55 or older, but dramatically changed the program for everyone else by privatizing it and providing government subsidies.
Democrats pounced. Just four days after the party-line vote, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released a Web ad that said seniors will have to pay $12,500 more for health care "because Republicans voted to end Medicare."
Rep. Steve Israel of New York, head of the DCCC, appeared on cable news shows and declared that Republicans voted to "terminate Medicare." A Web video from the Agenda Project, a liberal group, said the plan would leave the country "without Medicare" and showed a Ryan look-alike pushing an old woman in a wheelchair off a cliff. And just last month, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a fundraising appeal that said: "House Republicans’ vote to end Medicare is a shameful act of betrayal."
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
The GOP house bill, described as immoral by Catholic bishops, would gut Medicare to the point that it would no longer be viable. Instead of covering the elderly, it would simply provide a voucher not based on the person's needs, for the individual to go shop in the private health insurance market. The voucher, describe as $2000 per year, would only provide partial coverage as the baby boomer generation ages. Try getting a private health insurance policy at age 75 for $2000. Talk about your death panels, the Ryan plan would pretty much guarantee the death of our elderly.
"Remember to always be yourself. Unless you can be batman. Then always be batman." Unknown
[sarcasm]The Obamacare death panels will be far more compassionate I'm sure. "Well sure your are sick, get in line and we'll get back to you when it's your turn to experience Socialized Medicine at it's worst..."[/sarcasm]
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
And your support for this statement? Where in the ACA is any socialized medicene? Hospitals will still be private/public, except for the VA, there is no government payor except for Medicare/Medicaid/VA, unless you support killing them off and leaving the elderly and our veternas without health care?
"Remember to always be yourself. Unless you can be batman. Then always be batman." Unknown
Something the Dog Said wrote: And your support for this statement? Where in the ACA is any socialized medicene? Hospitals will still be private/public, except for the VA, there is no government payor except for Medicare/Medicaid/VA, unless you support killing them off and leaving the elderly and our veternas without health care?
:woo hoo: You are asking for a link? Did you say please? :rofl
Seriously Dog, you have quite a track record of making cogent posts. Wrong but cogent. Lately you are just flinging sh*t against the wall and hoping some of it sticks. Are the left wing web sites in that much disarray?
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Something the Dog Said wrote: And your support for this statement? Where in the ACA is any socialized medicene? Hospitals will still be private/public, except for the VA, there is no government payor except for Medicare/Medicaid/VA, unless you support killing them off and leaving the elderly and our veternas without health care?
:woo hoo: You are asking for a link? Did you say please? :rofl
Seriously Dog, you have quite a track record of making cogent posts. Wrong but cogent. Lately you are just flinging sh*t against the wall and hoping some of it sticks. Are the left wing web sites in that much disarray?
And that is your response? No background, no facts, just a personal attack? Nice! And you question me flinging shit.
"Remember to always be yourself. Unless you can be batman. Then always be batman." Unknown
Something the Dog Said wrote: And your support for this statement? Where in the ACA is any socialized medicene? Hospitals will still be private/public, except for the VA, there is no government payor except for Medicare/Medicaid/VA, unless you support killing them off and leaving the elderly and our veternas without health care?
:woo hoo: You are asking for a link? Did you say please? :rofl
Seriously Dog, you have quite a track record of making cogent posts. Wrong but cogent. Lately you are just flinging sh*t against the wall and hoping some of it sticks. Are the left wing web sites in that much disarray?
And that is your response? No background, no facts, just a personal attack? Nice! And you question me flinging sh**.
That was not a response, that was a comment. Your question was directed at Otis. It was not an attack. It was a complement and a question.
If you can't keep up, take notes. (that is an attack)
