Message #4219

[Ted S]

ted, as I understand it, Obamacare as written really is intended to transfer resources from Medicare recipients, through cutbacks in reimbursement rates, to other, previously uninsured beneficiaries.  Where I think the lie comes in is that the Democrats don't intend to allow the transfer to take place, they'll eventually repeal the cutbacks, the trick was to game CBO scoring and make O-care appeal less expensive than it is.

In the final analysis I think you're right.  There was some accounting magic done to make the numbers look better that they actually are but Obamacare was sold as an addition to, or complimentary to, Medicare.

But rather than trying to sell themselves as the true guardians of the gigantic entitlement program called Medicare, I'd rather have Republicans making the point that it is better to control over your own health care than to turn your life over to the government.