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07-26-2013, 04:00 PM
Health care for seniors
Addressing Medicare’s unsustainable path
By Sen. Rand Paul
Friday, July 26, 2013
As a physician, I understand the reliance many Americans have on Medicare. However, wasteful spending in Washington has drained the Medicare trust fund. The combination of massive debt, fewer active workers and more retirees is pushing Medicare into bankruptcy. Medicare is nearly $40 trillion unfunded. Simply put, this is an unsustainable path and Obamacare is not the answer.
Washington cannot continue to promise everything to everyone, and it is time for legislators to begin seriously discussing practical and realistic changes to Medicare. That is why next week I will reintroduce the Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act of 2013.
The plan is simple: All seniors will be enrolled in the same health care plan as their members of Congress and other federal employees. By all accounts, elected officials and federal employees receive some of the best health insurance in the country, and it is time for every senior to have access to the best health care in America as well.
More:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/26/health-care-for-seniors
Addressing Medicare’s unsustainable path
By Sen. Rand Paul
Friday, July 26, 2013
As a physician, I understand the reliance many Americans have on Medicare. However, wasteful spending in Washington has drained the Medicare trust fund. The combination of massive debt, fewer active workers and more retirees is pushing Medicare into bankruptcy. Medicare is nearly $40 trillion unfunded. Simply put, this is an unsustainable path and Obamacare is not the answer.
Washington cannot continue to promise everything to everyone, and it is time for legislators to begin seriously discussing practical and realistic changes to Medicare. That is why next week I will reintroduce the Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act of 2013.
The plan is simple: All seniors will be enrolled in the same health care plan as their members of Congress and other federal employees. By all accounts, elected officials and federal employees receive some of the best health insurance in the country, and it is time for every senior to have access to the best health care in America as well.
More:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/26/health-care-for-seniors