Democrats Trying to Sell Health Plan to Seniors", worries and questions were brought up by seniors regarding their current health benefits and how the new Health Bill will affect them. Vice President Joe Biden assured seniors at a retirement community in Maryland told them, "Nobody is going to mess with your benefits. Nobody. All we do is make it better for people on Medicare."
In order to aid in persuading the seniors, who play major part in the voting process, Democrats are prodding at AARP, American Association of Retired Persons. However, AARP is on the same page as the senior citizens because their financial documents show that more than half of their revenue last year came from royalties they earned by letting private health insurance companies and other firms use AARP's name in selling their products. Although there are other organizations Democrats are trying to win over, none compare to the magnitude of AARP's distinction.
This relates to the question of whether to use the available money to cure the young or the senior who's on his or her deathbed. Instead of the question "who should we cure", now it is "how can we convince the senior that the reform will not affect them adversely in a considerable amount".
Someone has to bite the bullet. The question is who, when, and how is it going to be.
I think it is very important that we make sure seniors heath care and medicare is not altered in a negative way because of a possible new heath care plan. We are talking about people who have financially planed their whole life for the current system and it would not be fair to take anything away from them at this point in order to change the system. Adding a public option could be a negative thing for senior citizens because of the fact that private insurance companies helped produce half of the revenues last year for AARP.
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