In my opinion \u201cAARP\u201d should be changed to the Association for the Annihilation of Retired People.\u00a0 The health care reform they support will have a devastating impact on senior citizens.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The same government that taxed us for over 27 years and spent all our money, now intends to solve the problem they created by screwing us out of our Social Security benefits and our Medicare.\u00a0 In the future, baby boomers that become seriously ill are likely to be given happy pills to help exit this world gracefully, while illegal immigrants get free medical care.<\/p>\n
In case you need proof, read the following article from the Washington Post<\/span>.<\/p>\n Without higher taxes, http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/04\/09\/AR2010040903717.html<\/a><\/p>\n Note the following quote from Ben Bernanke:<\/p>\n “Inevitably, addressing the fiscal challenges posed by an aging population will require a willingness to make difficult choices. The arithmetic is, unfortunately, quite clear. To avoid large and unsustainable budget deficits, the nation will ultimately have to choose among higher taxes, modifications to entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, less spending on everything else from education to defense, or some combination of the above.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Key words:\u00a0 Aging population.\u00a0 Difficult choices.\u00a0 Unsustainable budget deficits.\u00a0 Modifcations to entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare.\u00a0 Who do you think he has in mind?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>President Obama already cancelled the Social Security Cost of Living Increase for the first time since 1950.\u00a0 He also increased Medicare Premiums.\u00a0 I don\u2019t recall hearing any objections from AARP.\u00a0 Democrats have been winning close elections for years by claiming Republicans would cut Social Security.\u00a0 Well, Democrats are in power and the first thing they did was cut Social Security.\u00a0 The silence from AARP is deafening.<\/p>\n But that is just the start.\u00a0 The following article from the Christian Science Monitor<\/span> outlines key provisions of the new law:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Politics\/2010\/0322\/Health-care-reform-bill-101-What-does-it-mean-for-seniors<\/a><\/p>\n Pay attention to the Independent Payment Advisory Board made up of 15 members. <\/strong>\u00a0This board will submit legislative proposals to reduce per capita Medicare spending, if that grows too fast.<\/p>\n Medicare spending will grow too fast.\u00a0 This board will soon be making decisions on how to cut costs.\u00a0 What actions are they likely to recommend?\u00a0 The following article published in 2002, regarding the Canadian Health Care System provides some valuable clues:<\/p>\n http:\/\/findarticles.com\/p\/articles\/mi_m0LVZ\/is_8_17\/ai_84895863\/<\/a><\/p>\n This report indicates that according to Canadian Institute of Actuaries, 30% to 50% of lifetime health car expenditures occur in the last six months of life.<\/strong>\u00a0 The solution they propose?\u00a0\u00a0 More use of palliative care and focus on living wills.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMore use of palliative care.\u201d\u00a0 That means when baby boomers get seriously ill, under Obama care they are probably going to get more pain pills and free access to a really nice hospice, but no real treatment.\u00a0 \u00a0They will also get a steady diet of creative government advertizing campaigns designed to encourage them to die quickly and cheaply for the greater good.\u00a0<\/p>\n At a time when seniors desperately need a strong voice to represent their interests, they get the AARP.\u00a0 AARP was so busy helping Obama jam through his health care program that it didn\u2019t notice the cut to Social Security benefits or the increase in Medicare premiums.<\/p>\n We can\u2019t possibly have a strong voice on this subject until we first stop the AARP from pretending to speak for us.\u00a0 All the AARP does now is give political cover for the Obama administration.<\/p>\n Meet the CEO of the AARP:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/health\/2009-03-12-aarp_N.htm<\/a><\/p>\n Read what the AARP is saying about health care reform:<\/p>\n http:\/\/bulletin.aarp.org\/yourhealth\/policy\/articles\/reform_splash.html<\/a><\/p>\n Learn what the AARP may have gained from this legislation:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/26\/AR2009102603392.html<\/a><\/p>\n At a minimum, the AARP should be demanding that if cuts have to be made, they must be made across the board, without sweetheart deals for unions and uninsured minorities or illegal immigrants.\u00a0 The AARP should be negotiating for protection of senior citizens against the kind of health care rationing that is likely to come.\u00a0 The AARP should be standing up for seniors and holding the House, the Senate and the President accountable.\u00a0 They aren\u2019t doing that.\u00a0 Since AARP is not on board, we need to throw them overboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n Suggestions:<\/p>\n \u00a0Baby boomers have been paying higher Social Security taxes since 1983.\u00a0 We have already paid for our Social Security benefits and our Medicare expense.\u00a0 If we don\u2019t act now, the greatest generation will be rapidly replaced by the generation that got screwed.<\/p>\n Use the following link to e-mail top executives at AARP.\u00a0 Just click on his\/her name, and then click on \u201ce-mail.\u201d<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/aarp\/About_AARP\/leadership\/<\/a><\/p>\n The mailing address is:<\/p>\n AARP Toll-Free Nationwide: 1-888-OUR-AARP\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (1-888-687-2277)<\/p>\n Toll-Free TTY:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-877-434-7598<\/p>\n Toll-Free Spanish:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-877-MAS-DE50\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (1-877-627-3350)<\/p>\n International Calls:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-202-434-3525<\/p>\n The sooner we act, the better chance of stopping this.<\/p>\n TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In my opinion \u201cAARP\u201d should be changed to the Association for the Annihilation of Retired People.\u00a0 The health care reform they support will have a devastating impact on senior citizens.\u00a0 The same government that taxed us for over 27 years … Continue reading
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