Saturday, September 12, 2009
President Obama Fudges Truth on Medicare - WSJ.com
"The truth is out there", but it's not coming from the mouths of our politicians...
This is from a Wall Street Journal opinion column:
"But Mr. Obama told seniors not to pay attention to 'those scary stories about how your benefits will be cut, especially since some of the folks who are spreading these tall tales have fought against Medicare in the past and just this year supported a budget that would essentially have turned Medicare into a privatized voucher program.'
This is a partisan swipe at one of the best GOP ideas to rationalize the federal budget, despite Mr. Obama's accusations that his opponents want to do 'nothing.' This reform would get Medicare out of the business of spending one out of five U.S. health dollars, and instead give the money directly to seniors to buy insurance to encourage them to be more conscious of cost and value within a limited budget. Democrats would rather have seniors dance to decisions made by his unelected 'commission of doctors and medical experts.'
Mr. Obama also called for 'civility' in debate even as he calls the arguments of his critics 'lies.' So in the spirit of civility, we won't accuse the President of lying about Medicare. We'll just say his claims bear little relation to anything true."
