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Wow is this true about health care?

The Democratic Senators and Congressmen can well choose to ignore polls. Polls go up. Polls go down. They may figure that the public will have moved on by the time they run for re-election, particularly those Senators who are not up in 2010. With four or six years to go in their terms, they can afford a relaxed view of polling data. But the Democratic Party as a whole cannot afford to ignore a massive defection in the ranks of the elderly, one of its key building blocks. Ever since the New Deal coalition was cobbled together by FDR, the elderly have been a major component. Worried about Republican designs on their Social Security, they vote overwhelmingly Democratic. But the Obama proposals, which many see correctly as a major cut in Medicare, might be seminal in driving them en masse away from the Democrats. The Democratic Party is built on six pillars -- blacks, Latinos, single women, young people, union members, and the elderly. If legislation threatens one of those pillars, it threatens the stability of the entire partisan structure. And Obama's health care reform seems to do just that. With 40% of the savings in medical spending coming from Medicare, the senior citizens of America are coming to see the Obama proposals as an assault on their health care system. Since their needs are fully met by Medicare, they see no need for monkeying with the system and are highly suspicious of any changes. When they watch as their fellow seniors attend town meetings to protest to their Congressmen about these cuts and are labeled "un-American" for their pains, their alienation from the Democrats just grows. The fissure Obama is driving between his party and the elderly will not soon heal. When the elderly change their voting habits, they tend to do so for a very, very long time. Even Senators who are up in 2012 or 2014 should worry that their votes for the Obama plan could doom their ability to attract elderly support. As to the young people who back the plan, once they learn that they will have to pay steep premiums for health care coverage, whether they want to or not, their support is likely to cool. Under the bill, for example, those making $30,000 a year would have to pay up to 7% of their income in health insurance premiums before they could get a government subsidy. A $2,100 bill for such a young person might seem affordable to Obama, but perhaps not to them. Thus, the legislation may well come to be seen as a tax on the young, another of the key constituencies of the Democratic Party. The cost of Obama's health care changes just keeps growing -- financially and politically.

Public Comments

God I love you. Yes it is true.
The bad thing is Liberals have a short term memory of about 5 minutes. Once they get into the voting booth, they forget who they should vote for, and always choose the liberal.
too long question to answer. why don't everyone write ques in short?
did u coppie and paste or just type it in ?personally i would coppied and paste
It is true. The only people who say it isn't are people who have NOT READ THE PROPOSALS. They only listen to Obama and cite WhiteHouse.gov as a source for the "correct" information. Get the proposals, read them yourself and make up your own mind. You HAVE to. This is not just about politics. It is now about our lives and the lives of our families. President Obama has succeeded in TERRIFYING his supporters into believing unending catastrophes will happen if they don't go along with what he wants to do. That is why they get so angry if you try and show them proof that he is not telling the truth. Admitting that the only person they believe can save them is lying is just insupportable and they will not do it. You seem to have a mind of your own. Use it. It's the absolute BEST thing you can do right now.
It's going to come down to this. Every Democrat who has to run for re-election next year will have to ask themselves "If I vote for this, will it cost me my job?". If the answer is "Possibly" or "Yes", then they aren't going to vote for it. And right now, they are finding a lot of folks back home are telling them "If you vote for this thing, you are finished." Nancy Pelosi doesn't care. She can be caught in bed with a dead 13 year old girl and the people of San Fransisco would re-elect her. Too many others don't enjoy her job security.
Absolutely true....but remember there is no rationing....they are only taking finite money from the elderly healthcare plans to afford the rest of the nation and that's not rationing...oh wait...I think that is the very definition of rationing.
spin, rinse and spin again!
Wow!!! U said it all. I totally agree
The 40% of the savings in medical spending coming from Medicare will certainly not be due to a reduction in compensation to providers. So, it must come from a denial of service. The Medicare program has been creeping up in cost to seniors all along, with the increasing costs of Medicare part B premiums, the increasing costs of Medi-gap insurance, the increasing gaps that are not covered by any insurance, etc. The whole health care system is in crisis when our country spends 16.6% of GDP on health care and there are no workable solutions being proposed on how to bring this down. Forcing more people to buy health insurance will only insure that the the health care providers and shareholders in health industries keep getting paid an increasing percentage of GDP. But at some point the drag on the U.S. economy will be unsustainable, no matter how many pockets are picked. This will have political consequences. These forces have been in motion long before the Obama presidency, but he may be the one getting blamed for them.
Wow is this true about health care? yes The Democratic Senators and Congressmen can well choose to ignore polls. Polls go up. Polls go down. They may figure that the public will have moved on by the time they run for re-election, particularly those Senators who are not up in 2010. With four or six years to go in their terms, they can afford a relaxed view of polling data. But the Democratic Party as a whole cannot afford to ignore a massive defection in the ranks of the elderly, one of its key building blocks. Ever since the New Deal coalition was cobbled together by FDR, the elderly have been a major component. Worried about Republican designs on their Social Security, they vote overwhelmingly Democratic. But the Obama proposals, which many see correctly as a major cut in Medicare, might be seminal in driving them en masse away from the Democrats. The Democratic Party is built on six pillars -- blacks, Latinos, single women, young people, union members, and the elderly. If legislation threatens one of those pillars, it threatens the stability of the entire partisan structure. And Obama's health care reform seems to do just that. With 40% of the savings in medical spending coming from Medicare, the senior citizens of America are coming to see the Obama proposals as an assault on their health care system. Since their needs are fully met by Medicare, they see no need for monkeying with the system and are highly suspicious of any changes. When they watch as their fellow seniors attend town meetings to protest to their Congressmen about these cuts and are labeled "un-American" for their pains, their alienation from the Democrats just grows. The fissure Obama is driving between his party and the elderly will not soon heal. When the elderly change their voting habits, they tend to do so for a very, very long time. Even Senators who are up in 2012 or 2014 should worry that their votes for the Obama plan could doom their ability to attract elderly support. As to the young people who back the plan, once they learn that they will have to pay steep premiums for health care coverage, whether they want to or not, their support is likely to cool. Under the bill, for example, those making $30,000 a year would have to pay up to 7% of their income in health insurance premiums before they could get a government subsidy. A $2,100 bill for such a young person might seem affordable to Obama, but perhaps not to them. Thus, the legislation may well come to be seen as a tax on the young, another of the key constituencies of the Democratic Party. The cost of Obama's health care changes just keeps growing -- financially and politically. 1 day ago - 3 days left to answer.
True? Yes. Isn't it interesting that Obama ran on the promise of "change" and that no one in the media asked "change in what and to what" and now he wants to control 14% of our economy? Any opposition to this is branded "Republican right wing" opposition, but, in many cases it is just senior citizens interested in what will happen to them. How can the people of Massachusetts live with themselves as they keep electing Barney Frank and Ted Kennedy and John Kerry? Well, I guess there is some California in them. Regards, Dan