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Amonester

(11,541 posts)
1. Medicare Advantage costs 15% more than it should.
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 12:06 AM
Aug 2012

And for a dozen years!

Please Joe, explain it clearly to all viewers at your debate with that traitor ryan.


Edit: Adding a link to this Politics 2012 (Forums) thread here for more:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125169390#post1

(ryan/robmehood want to use these savings to give more tax cuts to themselves!)

KandR

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
3. "We got rid of the Republican boondoogle of Medicare Advantage which was giving insurance companies
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 12:40 AM
Aug 2012

$1.15 in taxpayer money for every dollar in service they provided."

I don't know why the Ds aren't hammering home that Medicare Advantage was an R-inspired giveaway fo taxpayer money to private insurance companies, and that getting rid of it accounts for most of the $700-B the rs are lying about.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
4. I love this. Nice to-the-point explanation Joe.
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 05:12 AM
Aug 2012

I really wanted to see the responses from Boner et. al., to see them
try to deny the truth of what Biden was saying; but maybe I should
count my blessings, since I'm just not heading to bed.

stlsaxman

(9,236 posts)
5. this footage from :23 to :33 and 1:00 to 1:13 is VERY telling...
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 06:08 AM
Aug 2012

these guys are passing notes and not even listening.

if only Obama had glanced over and seen it instead of listening so intently to Biden...

and there are Turtle McConnell and The Bone operating it all.

man.... FUCK THOSE GUYS!

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