Do we need Medicare reform?

As you know, Representative Paul Ryan (R. Wi.) has proposed that Congress tackle the looming fiscal disaster that exists for Medicare.  A caller yesterday objected to any change because, as he put it, he has been paying into Medicare for years and wants to make sure he gets his money back.

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More of your tax dollars at work

Remember those heartwarming commercials before last year’s election where Andy Griffith tried to assure seniors that Obamacare was really a great program? Just in case you’ve forgotten, you can view one of them here. As we pointed out then, Sheriff Andy didn’t exactly tell the truth about Obamacare.  He tried to assure seniors that their Medicare benefits…

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Medicare Advantage is dead…well, not quite

By now everyone knows that a large piece of Obamacare’s “deficit neutrality” comes from the provision that would eliminate Medicare Advantage programs for seniors.  This will “save” the government some $136 billion over 10 years.  Medicare Advantage is despised by the left because it is privately run, and demonstrates to all that “market pricing and competition” are…

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Obamacare: here’s an idea, let’s steal from the seniors

We are told that millions who currently have no health insurance will soon be covered under Obamacare.  But, where will the money come from to do this?  By 2017, thousands of people in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio will be paying more than $5,000 per year in lost health-care benefits to make ObamaCare possible…[f]or some…

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Obama names health care “rationer in chief” Update

Today President Obama named Donald Berwick to the position of head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This is not good news for anyone who relies on either Medicare or Medicaid for their health care. Dr. Berwick, a Harvard medical school professor, was appointed by Obama to this post in April, but no Senate…

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Caution: Medicare may be hazardous to your health

If you are currently on Medicare, by now you have already received the nifty 4 page flyer from the Department of Health and Human Services extolling the virtues of Obamacare for those on Medicare.   Unfortunately, much of what is contained in the flyer is untrue.  Now, however, you have even more to be concerned about.…

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