Under the guise of “reform,” President Obama is dismantling Medicare — dooming seniors to needless pain and disability and shortening their lives.
The stakes are high, because Medicare and the access it allows to medical innovations have transformed aging. Before Medicare, older people languished in nursing homes or wheelchairs with crippling illnesses. Now, seniors dodge that fate, thanks to hip and knee replacements, cataract operations, heart procedures — all paid for by Medicare.
Stunning findings just published in the American Journal of Public Health show that a man turning 65 can expect to live almost five years longer than his counterpart in 1970. Five years of extra life, and almost all of it in good health. What a priceless gift.
A gift Obama is snatching away. His so-called Medicare reforms make it harder for seniors to get joint replacements. His new payment rules shortchange doctors, discouraging them from accepting Medicare. New ER rules clobber seniors with bills for “observation care.” Under Obamacare, hospitals get bonuses for spending less per senior, despite having higher death rates and infection rates......Who’s really pushing Granny off the cliff? Obama, with Hillary Clinton pushing along side. Clinton proposes opening Medicare to people in their 50s. That would force seniors to compete with younger patients for resources – like in Britain and Canada, where seniors are labeled “bed blockers” and certain treatments are reserved for younger patients with more life ahead......To Read More.....
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