I'm an AARP volunteer. Over the years, I've grown
So when special interest groups started trying to scare me and other seniors with horrible things that would supposedly happen to my Medicare if health care reform passed, it touched
People need to hear the good things that will happen when we pass real reform.
For people in Medicare, health care reform will close the Medicare Part D "doughnut hole"; protect our choice of doctor; keep our premiums fair; hold down our health care and prescription drug costs; eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse; and improve the care that's received.
None of the health care reform proposals being considered by Congress would cut Medicare benefits or increase out-of-pocket costs for Medicare services.
Those who say that health care reform will hurt Medicare are just plain wrong.
If we do nothing, more and more people would fall into the doughnut hole, fewer doctors will treat Medicare patients, and the wasteful spending would continue to threaten the financial security of the program.
Don't be fooled by scare tactics.
Rose M. Wesson
Stafford