Comments on: MEDICARE AD SCARES OCARE ADVOCATES http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/09/01/medicare-ad-scares-ocare-advocates/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:10:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: johnson http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/09/01/medicare-ad-scares-ocare-advocates/#comment-446904 johnson Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/09/01/medicare-ad-scares-ocare-advocates/#comment-446904 I definitely have the impression Patrick Appel's point didn't focus on the "sensible cut meme," but on the surreality of seeing GOP Chair Michael Steele on TV attacking democrats for wanting to cut Medicare, when republicans, including Steele himself, have been pushing cuts to Medicare for decades. (Didn't McCain actually <i>campaign</i> on that idea?) Focusing on the word "sensible" in Patrick's post seems like a disingenuous response to that larger point. But let's cut to the chase. In the view of an outspoken opponent of government-funded healthcare, is Medicare Advantage a good thing, or not? I definitely have the impression Patrick Appel’s point didn’t focus on the “sensible cut meme,” but on the surreality of seeing GOP Chair Michael Steele on TV attacking democrats for wanting to cut Medicare, when republicans, including Steele himself, have been pushing cuts to Medicare for decades. (Didn’t McCain actually campaign on that idea?) Focusing on the word “sensible” in Patrick’s post seems like a disingenuous response to that larger point.

But let’s cut to the chase. In the view of an outspoken opponent of government-funded healthcare, is Medicare Advantage a good thing, or not?

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