While the AMA pressures Republican senators to acquiesce in the Democrat attempt to euthanize MA, it might be useful to look at the attitude of the actual patients (remember them?) .
As it happens, a survey conducted by Ayres, McHenry & Associates shows that Medicare beneficiaries are overwhelmingly against cutting funds to the Medicare Advantage program:
Seniors disapprove of cutting payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients. But they disapprove even more strongly of cutting Medicare Advantage …
Obviously, this sentiment is strongest among enrollees in the Medicare Advantage program. But it is also shared by seniors with traditional Medicare:
More than half of seniors in traditional Medicare, think cutting Medicare Advantage will have a negative effect on enrollees.
Why do they believe this? Because they know that Medicare Advantage offers additional benefits that will disappear if the Democrats are successful in killing the program.
And, make no mistake about it, killing the MA program is precisely what the Democrats want to do.
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