Democrats hit AARP ties to insurers, GOP

AP | 11/20/03 | MARK SHERMAN

[McGavin999]

They turned on the Jews, they're not turning on the seniors, who will they turn on next?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Oh I love it.

The Democrats go after the AARP. I don't know who to cheer for.

[jazzlite]

They support "gay" marriage and now, they are against the well-being of seniors. They are strictly about self-centeredness and personal power. What happens to the common people out here is not their concern. They want words but no action. Their declarations of morality are a mirage. They do not like President Bush or conservatives because they actually do what they say they will do. Actions speak louder than words and the Democrats do not like those who back up words with actions with a willingness to take responsibility for the same. They also seem to support the judicial branch making our laws which is the responsibility and the duty of our legislative branch. These ideas are my opinion and are the reason I left the Democratic party.

[shteebo]

Critics worry that the legislation will begin to undermine the foundation of Medicare — a standard benefit at a uniform price.

Who cares if its "standard" and "uniform"? We want efficient and effective. Bring on the competition.

[mass55th]

The Dems are so transparent in their opposition. It isn't that the Bill is bad, it's the fact that it's the GOP's Bill. Had the Dems introduced it, they'd be bragging about it.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

I find myself cheering against the passage of this socialist monster. The bill is a back-breaking expense for future generations. It will contribute to our country spending most of its GDP to keep older people medicated and in the doctors' offices while the young are flat broke from the tax burden of it.

The GOP has become an embarrassment to those of us wanting to SHRINK government.

[dawn53]

Eighty-five Democrats over the age of 50 told Novelli in another letter that those who were AARP members were quitting and those who didn't belong would never join

Wow, I've got something in common with the Democratic legislators.

[areafiftyone]

When the AARP endorsed this bill, the DUers and democreeps flooded the AARP website forum and wrote their congressmen. Apparently they would let their seniors suffer for political purposes. Sickening! But I have seen the AARP commercial supporting the Bill and its playing every day on tv.

[putupon]

they are against the well-being of seniors.

The 'Rats are just POed that Dubya and RINOs have plagarized the HillaryCare Socialized Medicine Manual and had enough sense to bring it in incrementally.

There will be a snowball effect after this happens. Everyone else will be demanding the someone else pay for their pills too,and after that, all other aspects of medical care.

The U.S. will have downgraded it's health care system to the level of Canada's by the end of Comrade Bush's second term.

Just hope you can make it through the 6-14 month waiting period for that bypass operation.

The kind of government that is strong enough to give you everything
you need is also strong enough to take away everything that you have.
— President Ronald Reagan (1911-

[Parawan]

You don't suppose the soaring cost of health care, since 1965, has anything to do with government interference with the market? Not only will the taxburden on our children be backbreaking but the cost of first class care will be so expensive that most citizens will relegated to shoddy second class care at clinics. But if perscription drugs are free everybody may be so sedated they don't notice or care.

IMHO we need a safety net, not a tent.

[gulfcoast6]

The democracts are like a pet rattlesnake, turn on you in a minute.

[CheneyChick]

But I have seen the AARP commercial supporting the Bill and its playing every day on tv.

Yep - that is a pretty good ad.

[af_vet_1981]

Democrats stung by AARP's endorsement of a GOP-backed Medicare prescription drug bill are lashing out at their longtime ally, claiming the seniors' group is too closely tied to the insurance industry, and more to the point, Republicans.

I know they are sometimes referred to as the stupid party but really, how stupid can they be ?

I find it incredible they would seek to inflame the AARP at any time and this is before a presidential election ...

[autoresponder]

Changing Partners?

dim/libs against black and hispanic judges



Now dim/libs against the seasoned citizens

What a gay party they have!

[putupon]

Yep - that is a pretty good ad.

Except that all those gezzers in it that want me to pay for their pills look healthy and leading a life of leisure in better houses than mine.

[vollmond]

But I have seen the AARP commercial supporting the Bill and its playing every day on tv.

I saw it last night during the West Wing. Ironic, don't ya think?

[CheneyChick]

So, you'd rather see an ad where they are hooked up to oxygen tanks and living in the slums? Wouldn't that communicate manipulative message?

[William McKinley]

Disagree. This bill introduces the concepts of 'competition' and 'choices' into the socialist Medicare monster. The short term costs are overwhelmed by the fact that the competitive trials in the bill will prove so successful that the Democrats won't be able to prevent more competition from being introduced in the future.

The Democrats realize this, which is why they are apoplectic about it.

[putupon]

I don't care what kind of propoganda they run, I was just just trying to point out the irony that people in good health, with more money than me, who don't have to go to work every day, and got to collect their Social Security 2 1/2 years earlier than I will (so far), want the government to force me to pay for their pills.

I have no problem buying pills for people with no money and in poor health (which I already do).

Socialized medicine has been a bad idea everywhere it's been tried, I haven't a clue why the RepublicRATs want to go down that road, especially after fighting the 'Beast's attempt at it was cause for the Republican Revolution.