Posted on 11/27/2013 4:40:07 AM PST by IBD editorial writer
Nearly four in 10 seniors worry ObamaCare will cause them to lose doctors they like, despite President Obama's repeated promise to the contrary, according to the latest IBD/TIPP Poll. That translates into nearly 16 million people age 65 and over.
Their concerns appear to be justified.
Many seniors are, in fact, already losing access to their doc tors, and more than half a million are losing access to plans they liked this year, as $200 billion in ObamaCare-mandated cuts to the popular Medicare Advantage program start to take effect.
Earlier this month, seniors learned that UnitedHealth (UNH) is dropping thousands of doctors from its Medicare Advantage plans, citing "expected cuts in Medicare payments tied to the Affordable Care Act."
A raft of Advantage plan cancellations also threatens seniors' access to their doctors.
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That’s ...unexpected...
My first thought was,
He lied in every word,
That hoary cripple ...
The hits just keep coming.We’re going to rip the bark off these f’n Democrats in 2014.
And who among us actually thought it was a promise?
I remember when the Seniors came out en masse and besieged their Congressman’s field offices when obammacare was first being discussed. The Congressmen would not even hold town hall meetings as they were so scared of their constituents.
Where are these Seniors now?
Have they just rolled over and played dead?
Totally unexpected./s
Shouldn’t the correct headline read: Clown Prince nobama continues his lieing ways? Liars lie. That’s what liars do. Who knew?
My sympathy to those who did not vote for Obama.
To those who voted for him I say **** you.
“nearly 4 in 10”
so 2/3 of seniors still think obama is a nice polite well spoken young man and democrats are the warm and fuzzy party that will keep the social security checks coming
If the media ignores them, they stop existing
Like the tree that falls in a forest
If no one hears it, it doesn’t make a sound
Time for communities to bring back liberty trees?
My doctor fired United Health Care.
My task over the next day orso is to examine the Medicare Advantage plans he will accept and sign up before the Dec 7 the dead line...... or is it Dec 15/ That’s not entirely clear
As someone recently suggested, Obama’s latest initiative is for involuntary organ donation. However, he promised, “If you like your internal organs you can keep them.”
Affordable Care Act is a house of trap doors.
Only 28% of Medicare beneficiaries are in the Advantage program, which is what this article refers to.
As I read story after story about “Obama lied about x” or “Obama lied about y”, I got to thinking that these aren’t newsworthy stories at all.
Imagine a story that started “Obama tells the truth about (whatever)” Now THAT would be news. Obama lying is getting to be a little like the sun rising, i.e. situation normal.
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