Medicare Cuts a Disaster

I am a senior citizen on Medicare. If the Republican Party’s plan to privatize Medicare went into effect, millions of Americans would be the losers. They would be forced to use vouchers, equivalent to a limited amount of money, to purchase private insurance. We all know that insurance companies already hold all the winning cards in a health-care system, which is a big gamble to begin with, for the elderly and poor. Insurance companies will be able to raise rates practically at will, as they do now. Those “dollars” in the form of vouchers won’t go far then, and we will be priced out of the market.

Seventy per cent of Americans oppose dismantling Medicare as we know it. We know the facts and understand the issue. We will stand united to defeat this ill-conceived plan, perpetrated by private special interests, which are actually being represented by congressional Republicans, including Cynthia Lummis. We won’t forget this at election time.