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Originally Posted by blueash
The ACA does not cut benefits to seniors.
The ACA does not cut benefits to seniors
The ACA does not cut benefits to seniors
The ACA does not cut benefits to seniors
Why do the opponents not understand the facts?
From Factcheck.org
"As we have written many times, the law does not slash the current Medicare budget by $500 billion. Rather, that’s a $500 billion reduction in the future growth of Medicare over 10 years, or about a 7 percent reduction in growth over the decade. In other words, Medicare spending would continue to rise, just not as much. The law stipulates that guaranteed Medicare benefits won’t be reduced, and it adds some new benefits, such as improved coverage for pharmaceuticals.
Most of those savings come from a reduction in the future growth of payments to hospitals and other providers (not physicians), and a reduction in payments to private Medicare Advantage plans to bring those payments in line with traditional Medicare. (MA plans have been paid more per beneficiary than traditional Medicare.)"
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blueash - you selected just one small piece of the material on factchecker re the aca...so i will post the link for all to look at the bigger picture...both the obama and romney exaggerations and misspeaks. here's just a few of them along with my thoughts:
obama said:
“if you like your plan, you can keep your plan” not true according to cbo
"the law would set minimum benefits packages" and if more than the minimum pkg is needed, folks will have to pay more for it; as opposed to their being able to receive the care their doctor determines they need and not having to paying more money for that care under the current system. and perhaps this is where charging for medicare advantage plans will com into play? that system panders to insurance companies, not to patients.
"While Medicaid will be expanded to more people, most Americans will continue to get their insurance through a private carrier." thus requiring those who pay taxes to pay more in order to support the increased number of people on the medicaid rolls.
"And by this August, nearly 13 million of you will receive a rebate from your insurance company because it spent too much on things like administrative costs and CEO bonuses and not enough on your health care." has anyone received that rebate payment? probably because the rebates to to employers. neither you nor the other 12,999,999 insureds will be receiving any rebate.
and by clarifying that the $500 billion is a "reduction in the future growth of Medicare over 10 years" can you explain how such economy is achieved if other than by reducing services, reducing payments to providers, and/or charging users a higher premium or co-pay? if you cannot, it would appear that future medicare could potentially offer users less while costing them more....no?
http://factcheck.org/2012/06/romney-...re-falsehoods/