What do you think the Democrat's Medicare Plan is? No, you don't know, unless you've been actively trying to find out because it's not publicized to any extent except by certain columnists or conservative websites, as the Democrat's vast liberal media cohorts are burying the reality.

The Republican Congress is trying to come up with a plan to save what we can of Medicare before it's too late. The Democrats, apparently are doing nothing; but that is really not the case.

The Democrat plan is.....are you ready?.......Rationing!!

The loudly deny it, but the truth is that a 15 member "Independent Payment Advisory Board", which will come into existence after the 2012 elections (how convenient) will have unreviewable discretion in setting prices for medical services.

Now, technically, that doesn't prevent doctors from treating patients the way they feel necessary, but the low reimbursement levels will inevitably dry up the pool of doctors willing to take Medicare patients.

So, what does that mean? The Democrats plan is for an unaccountable and centralized bureaucracy with price-control authority for all medical decisions in the same model that has led to the insolvency of the nations in Europe.

People better get educated before jumping to all these knee-jerk conclusions. You're being snookered big-time.

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