However, it doesn't matter what I think as an individual. You need to realize that there are millions who think they are not, that medical care is a right, and that those people have a vote equal to yours.
Now, the President could use his bully pulpit to push this position and make a stand. Opposite him would be all the senior citizen organizations, the entire Rat organization, the media, and cluless people (of which there are a lot).
So, he would make a stand, lose a lot of votes, and probably lose the election. In which case you would get Dean and socialized medicine.
OR, he could give seniors a little bit of what they are asking for, get a bill passed, and probably win the election.
Now, which do you want, because those are your only two choices?