Posted on 08/24/2009 8:33:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The head of the Republican National Committee today unveiled a "Seniors' Health Care Bill of Rights," claiming that the GOP's first priority in health care reform is protecting seniors.
"Under the Democrats' plan, senior citizens will pay a steeper price and will have their treatment options reduced or rationed," RNC Chairman Michael Steele wrote today in the Washington Post.
While Democrats have proposed making cuts to Medicare, President Obama has insisted that the cuts will come from waste in the system -- and that benefits for seniors will not be reduced.
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Secondly, the Republican leader says, it is necessary "to prohibit government from getting between seniors and their doctors." Third, Steele writes, "we need to outlaw any effort to ration health care based on age."(continued)
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No, just being craven opportunists. They’ll protect the geezers, giving cover to Obama to screw the rest of us.
What goes around comes around. Ain’t karma a b****?
Right now, the Democrats are walking around with HUGE "KICK ME" signs on their butts. A few Republicans are taking the opportunity to oblige them.
I think he called 1-800- rent-a-pair.
Finally the GOP is getting a brain. Fight to protect social security and medicare , threatened by Obamacare. Republicans win senior citizen voting block that dem’s have owned. We get a lock on Congress and White House for a generation.
Oh, you don’t need to worry about that, you’ll be a geezer soon enough. The old geezers have handed their money over to the government for so many years, they have very little left over to take care of themselves.
The Rats have attempted to make hamburger out of a sacred cow. This is, or should be, a no-brainer for the GOP.
jeez is this the best they got....
You have a sacred cow, you do not make beef chow mein out of it. Comprendez-vous?
Bingo!!! Trying to lead from the rear!!
The GOP, at least, is off to a start. I’d like to see a pro-life approach that keeps the government’s hands off unborn babies, depressed vets, individuals with handicaps, and the rest of us.
hahhahahaaa.....really?
Message also needs to get out that Obama administration is targeting and punishing the elderly who attended the town meetings by freezing their SS income...No increase for two years....
Wrong, wrong, wrong!
Steele just doesn’t get it. Talk about seizing defeat from the jaws of victory. The Republicans don’t want to counter the Democrats’ craven plan by becoming the party for blind defense of all entitlements.
What a shame...
GOP or DEM.
Grow entitlements whether we can afford them or not
Dems are getting snarky over this.
Agree
What a stupid idea.
Here the Republicans are TRYING to TAKE THE MANTLE OF ENTITLEMENTS from Democrats.
Instead, we should be figuring out ways to END THESE ENTITLEMENTS which are bankrupting the nation
What a dumbass strategy
Steele is no Gingrich.
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