2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDems and GOP hint they are close on Medicare Cuts
Corker told Wallace:
"We'll know when the president is serious by virtue of a process that's set up where he is actually at the table and whether he begins to say publicly to the American people, to all Americans, that he understands that Americans are only paying 1/3 of the costs of Medicare and that has to change for the program to be here down the road."
In other words, seniors don't pay enough for their healthcare and should pay more, or, in wonkspeak, they should have "more skin in the game." The one-third figure, which I had never heard before, may be emerging as a new talking point--or rationale--for requiring them to pay more. (Never mind that a few weeks ago advocates for seniors told a subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee that Medicare seniors pay about 15 percent of their income on healthcare, compared to about five percent for younger groups.)
Durbin told Wallace (presumably referring to the "more-skin-in-the-game" proposals out there):
"We've said let's put everything on the table, and I want to thank Bob for saying that. I think what Bob Corker just said from his side is a basic set of principles that both parties can rally around."
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Fox-News-Smoke-Signals-De-by-Trudy-Lieberman-130324-217.html
Looks like the poor and middle class will be sold out yet again.
djean111
(14,255 posts)The pawns, of course, will look like little old people.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)ReRe
(10,597 posts)He's about as bad as Harry Reid. I've heard him talk like this before, and didn't like it one bit. I hope his district is picking up on this too and looking around for someone to take his place, whenever he comes up for reelection.
Autumn
(45,107 posts)They will be well taken care of. They make me sick.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Increase the mortality rate of poor and middle class seniors by cutting their access to health care! And the health care industry will get to wring even more of these senior's savings out of them. Everyone dies younger and broker! It's a win-win all around for the Very Serious People!
forestpath
(3,102 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)msongs
(67,417 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)us seniors at rates comparable to 30 year olds. Medicare saves insurance companies from having to deny seniors or charge them exorbitant rates.
We must have faith that the Democrats wont sell us out.
donnasgirl
(656 posts)I no longer have any faith in politicians what so ever first chained cpi now this.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)allow people to buy into Medicare instead of for profit insurance.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)harmonicon
(12,008 posts)BrainMann1
(460 posts)To bad we can't get rid of them