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Medicare Advantage …
Medicare Advantage is George Bush’s plan to “privatize” Medicare and it FAILED.
Posted by Steven Bradley:
Paul Ryan‘s plan doubles down on this failed plan to “privatize Medicare” giving millions to insurance companies.
In contrast President Obama gives savings back to seniors by filling the prescription “donut hole.”
Ryan proposes giving all the donuts ($) to the insurance companies.
“Medicare Advantage” failed to reduce costs through competition in the marketplace. Costs under these “Advantage” plans skyrocketed as expenditures for things like “health club memberships” were incurred to entice membership.
The Republican plan is real “crony capitalism.” It feeds profits and waste back into an already bloated insurance industry.
Don’t let Republican ads fool you into thinking that “Medicare Advantage” and “Medicare” are the same thing.
The privatization of Medicare through Medicare Advantage is a bad idea.
It’s an idea that has already been proven a failure.
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Further information below
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The Affordable Care Act — The law makes significant reductions to Medicare Advantage, a subset of Medicare plans run by private insurers. Medicare Advantage was started under President George W. Bush, and the idea was that competition among the private insurers would reduce costs. But in recent years the plans have actually cost more than traditional Medicare. So the health care law scales back the payments to private insurers.
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This article shared on the Daily Kos under pen name “Jack Ryan”. Share it with others on Facebook, twitter, and in e-mail.
Let people know “Medicare Advantage” is no advantage at all. It depletes Medicare funds for all. Republican political candidates are presenting the “reining in of exorbitant costs of this private insurance plan (Medicare Advantage) as cuts to Medicare.
REPUBLICAN MEDICARE LIE EXPOSED
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Health reform: 7 things to know now!
| Seven things you need to know.Consumer Reports digs in to tell you the major things you should know right now about the new health law. Donate and we will send you our 16-page guide so you’ll know how the law could affect you and your family. Help us distribute even more copies during this critical time! |
Obamacare. The Affordable Care Act. Health reform. No matter what you call it, one thing is certain – the new health-care law will have some impact on your life.
But if you’re like most people, you’re not exactly sure how it will. Or, if what you’re hearing from the media, friends or family is really accurate.
Now there’s something you can do. Consumer Reports dug into the health law and picked out the most important ways it could affect you and your family. They tell it in their no-nonsense style in a 16-page colorful guide so you know exactly what is, and what isn’t, real.
We believe it’s important that every American understands how the law affects them without the misinformation, hype or spin. Your $5 gift gets you this guide and helps cover the cost of distributing it to someone else. If you can give $10, we’ll distribute 25 more copies; give $25 and we’ll distribute 100 more. And your gift is tax deductible.
We know you and millions of others have questions, because we hear them everyday: If I already get health insurance through my job, what changes? Is Medicare going to be different? What exactly is that ‘mandate,’ and who does it apply to? Can I get a break on the cost of my coverage? Are there new taxes?
Consumer Reports answers these and other questions, and spells out what has already changed and what’s to come when the law is fully in place. Your donation helps get this easy-to-read guide out to you and as many other people as we possibly can.
Give $5 and get your own copy of the guide. Give more and we’ll distribute even more!
Your donation puts valuable information into your hands. And it helps us to continue getting you more affordable, decent health care and fair treatment from insurance companies. Thanks for helping spread the word!
Sincerely, De Ann Friedholm, YourHealthSecurity.org, a project of Consumers Union
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Please stand with President Obama : Stacey Lihn & thank you
My two-year-old daughter, Zoe, was born with half a heart. For her, that is and will forever be a “pre-existing condition” — she required two open heart surgeries already, and she’ll need one more within the next year.
At the debate on Wednesday night, Mitt Romney told you, me, and everyone else in America that repealing Obamacare would be his first priority as president — including the part of Obamacare that says insurance companies will no longer be able to deny coverage or charge more based on pre-existing conditions.
He said his repeal plan will take care of people with pre-existing conditions — but then his top campaign aide “clarified” after the debate that all he means is he would go back to the (inadequate) system that existed before Obamacare, which allowed insurance companies to deny coverage and resulted in bankruptcies and broken families.
In other words, despite what he said in the debate, his campaign says he has no intention to do anything to help people like my daughter, Zoe, if she ever loses coverage.
I don’t say this stuff because I’m a political junkie — I’m not. I pay attention to this because I have to.
And I don’t donate to Barack Obama’s campaign because I’m a political activist — I’m not. I give a little because I need a president I can trust, and who understands what I’m up against.
Donate $5 or more today and support a leader who we know cares about kids like Zoe and families like mine:
https://donate.barackobama.com/For-Zoe
The stakes couldn’t be higher in this election. Thanks for standing with President Obama.
Stacey Lihn
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My brother isn’t “sick enough”?
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