{"id":1854,"date":"2010-06-13T02:20:46","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T09:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2010-06-13T02:20:46","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T09:20:46","slug":"who-wants-the-elderly-to-lose-medical-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/13\/who-wants-the-elderly-to-lose-medical-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Wants the Elderly to Lose Medical Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m sure you already know, and their motive is as despicable as their tactics.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"gop-no\"<\/a> President Obama seems less and less inclined to cut Republicans slack of late, particularly in his weekly addresses. This morning’s remarks were no exception, as he patiently explained the origins of the problems with the Medicare formula for physician reimbursement, and the (until this year) agreement between both political parties in Congress to continue to defer cutting payments to doctors.<\/p>\n

Guess who’s obstructing the by-now-routine deferral. Couldn’t be the Party of No, could it?\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Obama did a fine job of explaining this himself.<\/font><\/p>\n

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What possible reason could there be for the GOP to filibuster this extension that has been passed through bipartisanship for decades without contention?  I find only one motive that works.  If they can cause elderly people to suffer as a result of this GOP scheme, they can deceptively claim that it is the Health Care Reform bill causing the elderly to go without care.  They don\u2019t care who they hurt in their Machiavellian quest to regain power.<\/font><\/p>\n

Every Republican in office is one Republicans too many!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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