In light of his ineptitude in providing any leadership in dealing with the Gulf Oil Spill, the President hit the campaign trail this week to talk up the one thing he has accomplished, his Obamacare that was shoved down the throat of the American people.
Talking to seniors in Maryland this week, Barry came up with this whopper:
"First and foremost," President Obama told seniors on Tuesday in Wheaton, Maryland, "what you need to know is that the guaranteed Medicare benefits that you've earned will not change, regardless of whether you receive them through Medicare or Medicare Advantage." (quote from WSJ)
This is right up there with his statements about keeping your coverage if don't want to change (until your employer drops it or the carrier pulls out of the market) or not having to change doctors (until your doc decides he doesn't want to work for the peanuts paid by the government)
. Obamacare makes drastic cuts in MedicareAdvantage. Obama knows it. This isn't parsing words or spin, its an outright lie and one more reason to not trust this man on healthcare or anything else.
Then in his radio address today, Obama called on Congress to pass the so-called "doc fix" to Medicare, which would avert a 21% paycut to doctors that see Medicare patients. This would cost the taxpayer billions and negate Obama's promise that his healthcare reform would result in a reduction in the deficit. For someone whose primary economic policy is to blame his predecessor for the economic problems he "inherited", the President seems to want to "kick the can on down the road" for future presidents and generations to deal with the deficits created by his healthcare bill. Unfortunately, Obama is between a rock and a hard place with no real way out in a government run system. If you pay docs what they need to make a living and run their business (and pay their exorbitant malpractice insurance premiums) and run up the deficit, or you cut the reimbursement rate to docs and run the risk of docs and other providers dropping out of Medicare system.
Yep, Barry seems to have a problem with selling his healthcare program and the truth.
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