By: PurpleGirl
I checked the impacts on Medicaid funding for my district. As I thought there would be huge affects on seniors who are dual-eligible (using Medicaid to cover Medicare costs).
View ArticleBy: kay
@PurpleGirl: Yeah, I saw the Medicaid map, but I’m getting questions from people in their fifties who paid in and want Medicare, so that will be my focus here. The Mediciad piece is huge though.
View ArticleBy: Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism
I was shocked—shocked, I say—when I saw this NYT editorial calling out a lying ad.
View ArticleBy: Ruckus
I still don’t see any upside for conservatives in ending Medicare, especially this way. Will they be able to tap into steal the 30 year surplus? Will their tax rates go down? I don’t see any call for...
View ArticleBy: Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism
@Ruckus: Profit for the private insurers, or so they seem to think. Possibly raiding the Medicare money after the old folks can’t get anyone to take the vouchers.
View ArticleBy: Svensker
@Ruckus: I still don’t see any upside for conservatives in ending Medicare, especially this way. Well, see, if we don’t “fix” Medicare then it will blow up the entire budget and there won’t be money...
View ArticleBy: PeakVT
It’s such a brazenly cynical plan. @Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism: Love the nym.
View ArticleBy: PurpleGirl
@kay: I looked at the Medicare report and it’s in line with what your example showed. I know people who are whining now about their benefits. They really think the Republicans are going to help them....
View ArticleBy: General Stuck
Next they’ll be selling lakefront property on Mars, with a lifetime supply of Mister Mitt’s Magic Elixer. Never need to see a doctor. Cures everything from Laryngitis to Lumbago.
View ArticleBy: jl
@Ruckus: Looks to me like the GOP is relying on pure bamboozlement. Saving money by cutting waste fraud and abuse has been a conservative theme for years. But now they have to pretend that they do not...
View ArticleBy: Ruckus
@jl: I really do get that conservatives are full of shit, lying assholes. I’m trying to figure if there is a actual upside for them other than this wet dream they seem to be having. Cause I don’t see...
View ArticleBy: Nancy Irving
So the under-55 folks are gonna have to save an extra two hundred grand or so just to stay even with their healthcare expenses under Romney-Ryan. And those same folks are not going to complain about...
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