Obama stole $700 billion from Medicare to fund Obamacare

LIARS



Many opponents are focusing on changes to the Medicare program that will reduce the federal deficit by more than $500 billion in the next decade, deceivingly claiming these savings come from devastating cuts to the program. Opponents of the law also misstate that seniors will be negatively affected by the changes. They conveniently leave out some important details, among them that the Affordable Care Act actually:

- Provides many preventive services and screenings for free

- Reduces prescription costs for Medicare enrollees

- Improves the care and coverage provided to senior citizens

- Extends the life of the program by keeping costs under control and paying for care more efficiently

To say the Affordable Care Act takes money away from Medicare and raises costs for seniors is grossly misleading and overly simplistic. Obamacare actually improves the program for Medicare beneficiaries. Here’s why......
[link to www.americanprogress.org]





It's pretty rich to hear Repulsikans pretend to be concerned about Medicare!

oh that's some hilarious shit there! you mean they took money from one health care program to fund the new health care program? holy fuck! there's no low of bullshit you republicans won't stoop to huh?

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Just wait until Obama loses fair and square in November.

IF we can make him leave office without the US military prying
his socialist ass out of the Oval Office, he will be gifting moneys
to his political buddies and granting amnesty for his Chicago
criminal pals.


Obama will be like an African dictator destroying everything
he can before he's run out of office.

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This is of course just another repuke lie:


The bill doesn't take money out of the current Medicare budget but, rather, it attempts to slow the program's future growth, curtailing just over $500 billion in anticipated spending increases over the next 10 years. Medicare spending will still increase, however. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects Medicare spending will reach $929 billion in 2020, up from $499 billion in actual spending in 2009.

So while the health care law reduces the amount of future spending growth in Medicare, the law doesn't cut current funding for Medicare.

Still, where does the $500 billion in future savings come from?

Nearly $220 billion comes from reducing annual increases in payments that health care providers would otherwise receive from Medicare. Other savings include $36 billion from increases in premiums for higher-income beneficiaries and $12 billion from administrative changes. A new national board -- the Independent Payment Advisory Board -- will be tasked to identify $15.5 billion in savings, but the board is prohibited from proposing anything that would ration care or reduce or modify benefits. Then there's another $136 billion in projected savings that would come from changes to the Medicare Advantage program, an alternative to traditional Medicare that has turned out to be much more costly than expected. About 25 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan.

[link to www.politifact.com]

Independent Payment Advisory Board = DEATH PANELS!

Withhold treatment and that saves a lot of money! Ask the NHS in Britain which is credited with 130,000 early deaths but they saved money. Obama has already said this is the model he likes best, too.

oh that's some hilarious shit there! you mean they took money from one health care program to fund the new health care program? holy fuck! there's no low of bullshit you republicans won't stoop to huh?

Here's what Repulsikans think about Medicare.

Here's what Repulsikans think about Medicare.

we are lucky if that is all he steals... next it will be the kitchen sink...

oh that's some hilarious shit there! you mean they took money from one health care program to fund the new health care program? holy fuck! there's no low of bullshit you republicans won't stoop to huh?

oh that's some hilarious shit there! you mean they took money from one health care program to fund the new health care program? holy fuck! there's no low of bullshit you republicans won't stoop to huh?

Reince Priebus did not hold back this morning on Meet the Press with David Gregory. The RNC chief blasted Obama, “This President stole $700 billion from Medicare to fund Obamacare… If anyone in this debate has blood on his hands in regard to Medicare it’s Barack Obama.”


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"The board is prohibited from proposing anything that would ration care or reduce or modify benefits."

Left that part out, didn't you?!

You Repulsikans have already killed several million Americans the last several decades with your opposition to expanding coverage, so stuff it.

I KNOW HORRIFIC JUST LEAVE THE ELDERLY TO DIE IS WHAT HE IS DOING.

If obamacare is so good why do we have medicare and medicaid too? force the old people to buy their own insurance just like obammacare is forcing young people to buy their own or pay a fine.

most old people have hefty retirements and social security, surely they can afford it better than a young family trying to raise kids?

I know many who can't afford it, so what about them. The govt. convinced them to buy into the medicare program and vote for the politicians pushing it.

It's moral and ethical for the govt. to have lied to them? Wait a minute, that is the same govt. that says it's immoral to walk away from a home mortgage. LOL

I agree either one isn't the best ethics, but let's level the playing field. Broken agreements are always less than stellar morals.

:barf bama:

I know many who can't afford it, so what about them. The govt. convinced them to buy into the medicare program and vote for the politicians pushing it.

It's moral and ethical for the govt. to have lied to them? Wait a minute, that is the same govt. that says it's immoral to walk away from a home mortgage. LOL

I agree either one isn't the best ethics, but let's level the playing field. Broken agreements are always less than stellar morals.

someone needs to tell Romney and Ryan to stop wearing matching shirts though, they look like they're going to do a vaudeville act. ;)

"The board is prohibited from proposing anything that would ration care or reduce or modify benefits."

Left that part out, didn't you?!