Archive for September, 2009
Fighting Medicare Malarkey
Friday, September 25th, 2009National Committee Truth Squad Releases New Video
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Will health care reform hurt seniors? That’s the issue we tackle in the latest National Committee Truth Squad video. And it’s an issue that deserves more than just screaming town halls and soundbite answers. We’ve compiled all of our policy analysis on the various health care reform proposals and other important information on our Truth [...]
Your Tax $ at Work—Private Insurers Send Scare Mail to Seniors to Protect their Billions in Subsidies
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009CMS is investigating Humana for trying to scare seniors about health care reform efforts in Congress. At issue is a letter Humana sent to its Medicare Advantage members claiming: “millions of seniors and disabled individuals could lose many of the important benefits and services that make Medicare Advantage health plans so valuable.” TPMmuckraker, has a copy [...]
Breaking News…Insurance Industry Report Says its Billions in Medicare Subsidies Should be Continued
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Clearly not all reports are created equal. So when the insurance industry lobby, AHIP (America’s Health Insurance Plans), releases another of it’s reports detailing why it’s a good idea for taxpayers and seniors to pay the industry billions in subsidies it’s not too hard to see what’s really going on. The insurance industry knows it [...]
Health Care Reform and Social Security?
Monday, September 14th, 2009If you’re younger than 62 years of age, you might wonder what health care reform could possibly have to do with Social Security retirement benefits. But the connection is painfully clear for millions of Social Security beneficiaries who have watched growing health care costs consume more and more of their monthly Social Security checks. The [...]
Seniors Ignore Health Care Reform at their Own Peril
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Here is Barbara Kennelly’s, NCPSSM President/CEO, reaction to President Obama’s health care address to Congress tonight: “There are so many reasons our nation needs health care reform and President Obama did a wonderful job of laying those out tonight. The President clearly recognizes Medicare is a sacred trust and seniors are thankful he reiterated his strong commitment to protect Medicare at [...]
Will Health Care Reform Destroy Medicare?
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009That’s certainly one of the huge whoppers at the heart of this summer’s anti-health care reform fear-campaign. Problem is…it’s just not so. We’ve written about this a lot (even before the craziness this summer) and have compiled all of our policy pieces on our Truth Squad web page. We’ve also released the 2nd video in the [...]