Woodall Grilled Over GOP Medicare Reform Plan
Town hall attendees express concern over potential benefit cuts.
More than 75 people were in attendance at Rep. Rob Woodall’s May 21 town hall meeting at Dacula High School. Though a few constituents asked about health care reform and the FairTax, the vast majority of questions centered around a Republican proposal to reform Medicare (see video). According to GOP lawmakers, changes would not affect those currently 55 years of age or older. Under the proposal, eligible recipients would receive a federal voucher or subsidy for use towards the purchase of a private insurance plan. If the reform proposal is enacted, private insurers -- not the federal government -- would issue payments for medical care and compete for business from those covered under the plan. Rep. Woodall said the goal of the Medicare …
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Really? Really?
3:29 pm on Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Alice, your man Woodall says social security is the least of our problems. That would make it another "phony crisis", wouldn't it? more ›