“Seniors in some of the most popular plans may see higher premiums.... the administration’s estimate of $30 a month seems to acknowledge that some seniors will get sticker shock.... the figure is based partly on an assumption that seniors will be enrolling in lower-cost plans’’
Which means the INCREASE could be a LOT MORE, thus the STICKER SHOCK!
That's what the health bill was all about: creating a new revenue stream for this bankrupted government so it delay the day of default.
And you thought it was about your health, American (actually, polls show you did not and knew exactly what it was)?
"Seniors face modest Medicare hike, better benefits" by Ricardo Alonzo-Zaldivar, Associated Press | August 19, 2010
WASHINGTON — Seniors will see a modest increase in their Medicare prescription premiums next year, but benefits will also improve, federal health officials said yesterday....
This as they are cutting Medicare to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.... but care will improve!
Is there NO LIE this government will not tell?
That is because the new health care law will begin to close the coverage gap known as the doughnut hole.
Do you not LOVE a MSM DISTORTION and LIE with your breakfast doughnut?
"Currently, seniors must pay out of pocket for drug costs that are more than $2,830 and less than $6,440 a year. The typical beneficiary will get a $250 rebate this year for the coverage gap and would save $700 in 2011 and $3,000 a year by 2020"
And it STILL WON'T COVER the COST TEN YEARS LATER!
But is that the diagnosis the lying, agenda-pushing AmeriKan MSM gives you?
Medicare recipients in the gap will get a 50 percent discount on brand name drugs and 7 percent on generics. The discounts will gradually increase until the gap finally closes in 2020....
Actually NO, NO it DOES NOT!
6,440 - 2,830 = 3,610 and that does NOT EQUAL 3,000!
That is JUST BASIC MATH and the AmeriKan MSM can NOT EVEN ADD PROPERLY!
They are LYING ABOUT EVERYTHING, folks!!
Yes, there may be a SENTENCE or TWO of TRUTH in their PoS pages; however, even that has been twisted and distorted in such a way that you must read it as the exact opposite of what it says to be the truth.
Related: Opening Up the Health Care Bill
Why You Will Love the New Health Law
The Buts in the Health Care Bill
No Choice With Obamacare
Just been nothing but ONE LIE after another on this issue, huh? Yeah, that is enough to make any American sick.
“It’s always good news when premiums don’t go up by leaps and bounds, but seniors in some of the most popular plans may see higher premiums,’’ said Tricia Neuman, the top Medicare specialist at the Kaiser Family Foundation. “They need to check their plans so they don’t have unpleasant surprises.’’
Obama lied to you, old folk.
Time to go to the polls.
I know your memories are not what they once were (personal experience); however, we don't forget everything.
Time to vote Republican again.
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Then there is another factor to consider: Medicare Advantage plans that combine prescription and medical coverage may be a better deal overall for some people than traditional Medicare. Nationally, about 9 million beneficiaries are getting their drug coverage through such plans.
Notice how the paper is always saying you can get a better deal from the lying, looting government or some industry it represents?
The administration’s estimate of $30 a month seems to acknowledge that some seniors will get sticker shock. Paul Spitalnic, with the Medicare’s costs estimates office, said the figure is based partly on an assumption that seniors will be enrolling in lower-cost plans.
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And just where are those extra costs going?
"Medicare fraud brings 5-year sentence
A Braintree man was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for defrauding Medicare of almost $1.5 million, according to a statement released by the US attorney’s office in Boston. From 2006 to 2007, Kingsley Tochukwu Eze, 32, owner of Kings Enterprize in Quincy, submitted hundreds of false reimbursement claims for durable medical equipment that was not prescribed by any doctor and often did not go to any beneficiary, US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said. Eze must pay $1.5 million in restitution to Medicare and 14 secondary insurers."
And you want the feds running the whole health care show?
Related: The AARP Skim Scam
Good thing they are looking out for us codgers, 'eh?
At least lawyers and lobbyists will be plenty healthy and phat!
I feel better already.
Update: Health law risks turning away sick
