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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Sat Jul 26, 2014, 09:13 AM Jul 2014

House Republican Hearing On The Harmful Impact of Obamacare Completely Backfires

A House Republican hearing on the harmful impact of Obamacare on Medicare Advantage completely backfired when the expert witnesses that Republicans invited disagreed with them.

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The Republicans quickly crashed and burned when their own witnesses disagreed with them.

Chris Wing of SCAN Health Plan said, “The MA program continues to grow in popularity. It gives seniors and other eligible individuals what they want: choice, coordination of care, affordability. It has begun to put the incentives in place for constant quality improvement by rewarding collaboration between providers and plans. Congress should have a strong interest in seeing the continued advancement of Medicare Advantage.”

Joe Baker of the Medicare Rights Center testified, “Many predicted that ACA changes to MA payment methods would lead to widespread disruption of the MA market. However, there is little evidence that this has occurred. In fact, it is important to note that MA enrollment is at an all-time high, with nearly 16 million beneficiaries now enrolled in an MA plan, representing a steadily growing percentage of beneficiaries. In addition, premium costs, benefit levels, and the availability of MA plans remain relatively stable across the country.”

Robert Book of Health Systems Innovation Network told the committee, “Since its inception, Medicare Advantage has proved to be one of the most popular and successful components of Medicare, with enrollment steadily increasing over time.”

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the rest:
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/07/24/house-republican-hearing-harmful-impact-obamacare-completely-backfires.html

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House Republican Hearing On The Harmful Impact of Obamacare Completely Backfires (Original Post) kpete Jul 2014 OP
jesus christ these republicans are so fucking stupid they just stink rurallib Jul 2014 #1
Is there anybody stupider than republican politicians? rock Jul 2014 #3
& war hawks. grahamhgreen Jul 2014 #4
Yep. rock Jul 2014 #5
K&R nt riderinthestorm Jul 2014 #2

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
1. jesus christ these republicans are so fucking stupid they just stink
Sat Jul 26, 2014, 10:53 AM
Jul 2014

it is their plan, it is the Heritage Foundation plan, it is basically Dick Nixon's plan, it is "Romneycare.'

If they had half or even 1/10th of a brain they would admit they fucked up voting against it and embrace it as their "market based" solution.
Instead they prefer to drag their party down to oblivion fighting what is and will be a popular program. Funny thing is that in a few years they may be in a position of defending the ACA as Dems push harder and harder for the best solution - single payer.

What a bunch of total dumb fucks

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