June 13, 2011
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 health
insurance. We all know that health 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 will not forget this at election
time.
Tom Davis
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