This is also happening in Medicaid. So a large portion of Obama/Democrat voters in the "old and poor" demographics will be sacrificed for the greater good. Even a modest reduction of 4-5% in those demographics could swing elections to the conservative side.
I am not sure that's what he had in mind "for the greater good."
One of the premier marxist slogans for more than a century.
Right up there with "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need".....(Karl Marx, 1875).
Not to mention right up there with "We are 5 days away from fundamentally changing the United States of America"......(Obammie the Commie, 2008)
Leni