Health bill reduces senior benefits, according to report

Seattle Times, Washington Post by Lori Montgomery | Nov. 15, 2009 (News Report)

A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending — one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama's proposed overhaul of the nation's health-care system — would sharply reduce benefits for some senior citizens and could jeopardize access to care for millions of others, according to a government evaluation released Saturday. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Nov 15, 2009 - 1:52 PM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 18, 2009

The WaPo article reports the qualitative evaluation, which is a bit weak for lack of quantitative estimates. The topic of the effect upon medicare has been scantily reported before this.

As a person on medicare, I have been curious about the lack of details. Locally, it is reported to be hard to enroll as a new patient with highly recommended doctors if the patient is on medicare.

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