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Ways and Means Committee ranking minority member Rep. Charles Rangel of New York — complain that the ad misleads when it says "It's the same Medicare."

It is the same Medicare. If some wants to stay in the traditional fee-for-service, and not buy into a prescription drug plan, nothing changes. The changes are in the new options for alternatives means of coverage. The intent is to, hopefully, get folks to shift away from the fee-for-service option, which is the most costly means of Medicare service.

The ad is accurate. Rangel is a shameless partisan hack.

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"The ad is accurate. Rangel is a shameless partisan hack."

Yes he is.

The ad is accurate and an effort of HHS to inform seniors about Medicare in a NON-PARTISAN manner. Note that President Bush and Republican members of Congress aren't mentioned in the ads.

A number of dems, including Rangle, evidently find the innovations in Medicare so threatening to them politically that they don't want accurate information disseminated. Complaining about a government agency providing updates and a contact number for further information for the citizens it serves illustrates the self-serving nature of the dems.

Would they complain about a FDA food recall announcement or a State Department travel advisory.....probably, if there were some advantage to them. Some aspects of Medicare have changed. The recipients need to be aware of those changes.

The dems prefer the MoveOn Medicare ads with President Bush entering the home of an elderly couple and literally pulling the rug out from under them.....and another accusing President Bush of lying about Medicare. These ads appear every night on the local NBC news station at 11:00 p.m.!

Ciexyz, in post #60, asked why the positive information you posted hadn't been brought to the public's attention before now by the Bush administration. The answer is that dems have no tolerance for knowledge and truth and will seek to squelch it at every opportunity.