Bush/Barrett at it again!
Many of us in SC are ecstatic that Bush/Barrett were overridden on the Medicare Bill. Finally, their efforts to reward insurance company’s profits at the cost of American citizens have been thwarted.
According to the Los Angeles Times (link),
Bush issued the veto in the morning, declaring the bill “objectionable” because it would take funds from private health insurers to keep paying doctors and would be “fiscally irresponsible.”
Seniors have been faced with more and more doctors not accepting Medicare patients and what do our elected officials do? They want to cut payments to doctors by over 10%. Do they have any idea how tough it is for Medicare patients to find a doctor as it is?
One of the most distressing parts of their attempts is that this bill also provides for mental health and other health services to veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom living in rural areas. Our elected officials opposed this effort to take care of our veterans.
Thank goodness that there are congressmen who recognize the need to protect our senior citizens over insuring greater profits for the insurance companies.
I will be a congresswoman who puts the needs of our senior citizens and veterans over anybody’s profits.
