One of the tactics Republicans are using to try and stop the Democrats' Health Care Reform plan is to try and scare older folks with the following worry: The plan calls for much money to be taken out of Medicare…and that, they say, will cause massive cutbacks in services to the point where many seniors will die.
Many things are wrong with that argument. One is that people are dying because they don't have health insurance, and the G.O.P. is trying to stop them from getting it. Another is that the Republican Party has never exactly been a protector of Medicare and would probably prefer its elimination. But the big fib in there is that the whole claim doesn't seem to be true. Says who? Well, the A.A.R.P. is saying the Repubs are wrong on this…and they kinda have the best interests of older Americans at heart.