Capitol Hill scam: Cuts to Medicare

October 23, 2009 12:58 pm

Talk about insurance shams! Much of the health care uproar has been to counteract the reported claim that insurance companies change the insurance coverage when the insured person's claims become too costly.

What if a person paid premiums of almost 3 percent of his earnings for a period of more than 40 years before filing a single health care claim, and just as he was about to start submitting claims, the insurance company said it was going to reduce the amount paid for treatment by attending physicians by 25 percent?

Would one consider this to be an insurance sham?

Shouldn't there be an investigation by numerous congressional committees into this failure to honor the insurance policy?

Wouldn't we expect to see various senators and representatives lined up in front of microphones acting indignant over this?

It is happening. Let me introduce you to Medicare, but don't expect any congressional hearings.

Medicare is a health insurance program that was created in 1965 by a Democratic Congress and signed by a Democratic president.

The government has required members of the baby-boom generation to pay "health insurance" premiums over their entire working careers.

Now, at the dawn of their being able to start submitting claims, a Democratic Congress, in order to pay for the proposed health care overhaul, has decided that it will reduce by 25 percent the amount paid to the physicians who will be caring for this generation.

Is it any wonder that the approval rating of Congress is at 21 percent, according to an Oct. 6 Gallup poll?

Anthony Dahm

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