Obama Visits Florida to Win Over Older Voters
Source: NYT
President Obama opened a two-day campaign swing through Florida on Thursday as he tried to build support in this deadlocked battleground state by presenting his opponent, Mitt Romney, as a bad choice for older Americans.
After weeks of focusing on Mr. Romney’s private-sector business deals, Mr. Obama turned to another front by attacking Republican plans to repeal his health care law and transform Medicare into a voucher program. Democrats have long used Medicare as an issue to galvanize older voters in Florida against Republicans.
“He plans to turn Medicare into a voucher program,” Mr. Obama told supporters at a retirement community here. “If the voucher isn’t worth what it takes to buy health insurance in the private marketplace, you’re out of luck, you’ve got to make up the difference, you’re on your own.”
Mr. Obama continued: “How many people think that’s a good idea? To finance tax cuts for folks who don’t need them and weren’t even asking for them? So Florida, that is wrong. It’s wrong to ask you to pay more for Medicare so people who are doing well right now get even more.”
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