http://www.podiumpundits.com/2009/09/09/palin-and-cheney-emerge-as-gop-mvps/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:28:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.podiumpundits.com/2009/09/09/palin-and-cheney-emerge-as-gop-mvps/comment-page-1/#comment-329 scripto Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:17:40 +0000 http://www.podiumpundits.com/?p=2274#comment-329 "Given such statements, is it any wonder that many of the sick and elderly are concerned that the Democrats’ proposals will ultimately lead to rationing of their health care by—dare I say it—death panels?"<br>So the party that fought tooth and nail against Medicare for the last 40 years is now its BFF? A lot about keeping benefits for seniors and nothing about paying for it. The government is on the hook for the elderly and disabled and private insurers get the working and the healthy. That is unfair to the taypayer and amounts to an unwarranted subsidy to private insurance. The answer is single payer through Medicare for everyone. When private insurers write affordable policies for those over 65 I'll listen to former Gov. Palin and the rest of the inconsistent right. Until then, it's just more noise. “Given such statements, is it any wonder that many of the sick and elderly are concerned that the Democrats’ proposals will ultimately lead to rationing of their health care by—dare I say it—death panels?”
So the party that fought tooth and nail against Medicare for the last 40 years is now its BFF? A lot about keeping benefits for seniors and nothing about paying for it. The government is on the hook for the elderly and disabled and private insurers get the working and the healthy. That is unfair to the taypayer and amounts to an unwarranted subsidy to private insurance. The answer is single payer through Medicare for everyone. When private insurers write affordable policies for those over 65 I'll listen to former Gov. Palin and the rest of the inconsistent right. Until then, it's just more noise.

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