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Actually, Newt was an early supporter of Medicare Advantage plans, a free market alternative to traditional Medicare.

Right, wasn't Newt slammed for saying his legislation would cause Medicare to "wither on the vine" as people switched from Government Healthcare to private advantage plans amd medical savings accounts? Lots of ignorant, deluded people running around these days forming opinions based on a single piece of anecdotal evidence cherry-picked from a guy who likes to brainstorm in public. Not real smart...

[hinckley buzzard]

Actually Newt was talking about the monster bureaucracy that has growen up around Medicare. He always left Medicare as an option, knowing that many were not up to making a major change in their declining years. It was the media who twisted it into a threat to throw grannies out of nursing homes and into the streets. (Yes, they already ran that smear all the way back when.)