Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Senior Scare Tactics: Coalition For Medicare Advantage

I got my first robocall today from the front organization that's out there trying to scare seniors — who often don't know whether they have a Supplement or Advantage plan, mine's Advantage — that the cuts they say are threatened are to senior benefits, when in fact they're cuts to the exhorbitant $15 billion a year in subsidies to the insurance companies.
The USA Today article I read on this topic was filled with misinformation, but quoted the Congressional Budget Office as saying the cuts in Advantage subsidies would save $150 billion over 10 years.
It's one of the ways the Democrats hope to pay for health care reform.
The robocall doesn't leave you any opportunity to respond other than "join now."
Don't press that button if you get one of these calls until you've checked the facts.
Here's one source.

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