Posted on 10/02/2009 3:21:05 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
WHY is Congress so eager to cut $160 billion-plus from Medicare Advantage? The program does things that President Obama and other liberals normally praise. Is the cut simply the price charged by AARP (the American Association of Retired Persons) for overlooking the rest of the $500 billion in Medicare cuts meant to finance "health-care reform"?
Medicare Advantage offers a range of benefits beyond basic Medicare. It combines many elements Obama and other liberals like -- such as subsidized premiums for low-income elderly, "pooling" of insurees to provide bargaining power and managed care that emphasizes prevention, treatment of chronic conditions and coordination among doctors.
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Which brings us to AARP -- which makes a hefty profit selling Medigap coverage, the chief alternative to Medicare Advantage.
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This is fast becoming one of the sneakiest and most corrupt administrations, ever.
Backroom deals like this, stealthy, ultra-radical czars, and now Hussein goes to Denmark to nail down the Tony Rezko Olympic Summer Games in Chicago.
This story needs to be bumped!
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