[Vision2020] Fw: CRAPO WARNS OF COSTS TO SENIORS, STATES

Sat Sep 26 13:49:23 PDT 2009

Gary --

Do those of us who didn't vote for him get to be citizens too, or is it just
you "real Americans?"

-- ACS

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 1:42 PM, g. crabtree <jampot at roadrunner.com> wrote:

>  Does it occur to you that great majority of Senator Crapo's constituents
> do not want government to be involved with health care, universal or
> otherwise, any more then they already are? Also that a great many of us
> believe that governmental involvement is too great as is and would be far
> happier to see the feds cut out of the whole health industry equation
> altogether. When Mr. Crapo "complains" he complains for us, those who
> elected him.
>
> g
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Wayne Price <bear at moscow.com>
> *To:* lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> *Cc:* vision2020 at moscow.com
> *Sent:* Saturday, September 26, 2009 12:02 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Fw: CRAPO WARNS OF COSTS TO SENIORS, STATES
>
> Roger,
>
> Mike Crapo has been in Congress since January 1993, and now he comes up
> with, "Rushing the bill through will also be disastrous for states, Crapo
> said. "
> What has he done on a universal health care bill for the last 16 years? He
> sat on his hands for 16 years, never came up with one of his own,
> and now wants to complain. He is just too little, too late.
>
>
> Wayne
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>  On Sep 26, 2009, at 11:47 AM, lfalen wrote:
>
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> -----Original message-----
>
> From: "Crapo News Release (Crapo)" newsclips at crapo.senate.gov
> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:17:54 -0700
> To:
> Subject: CRAPO WARNS OF COSTS TO SENIORS, STATES
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>                                                                      CONTACT:
>    Susan Wheeler (202) 224-5150
>
> September 24, 2009
>                                                                                                            Lindsay
> Nothern (208) 344-1108
>
>
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> CRAPO WARNS OF COSTS TO SENIORS, STATES
>
> 60,000 Idaho seniors could lose benefits of Medicare Advantage program
>
>
>
> Washington, DC - Idaho Senator Mike Crapo said today that senior citizens
> and state taxpayers will feel the pain if health care reforms envisioned in
> the Senate Finance Committee are approved by Congress.  Crapo, a member of
> the Finance Committee, charges the legislation could hurt senior citizens
> who enjoy coverage under the popular Medicare Advantage program because that
> program may be cut by $113 billion under the present proposal.
>
>
>
> Crapo offered an amendment to the bill today that would have stopped the
> reductions in Medicare Advantage if those changes result in less competition
> and choice in the insurance marketplace.  He noted that Medicare Advantage
> saw a whopping 426% increase in enrollment between 2003 and 2007 because the
> program is popular, especially in rural areas where patients have limited
> access to and choices for health care.  "My amendment seeks to preserve that
> choice," Crapo said, but the amendment was voted down over technical
> objections.
>
>
>
> "President Obama said 'if you like your present insurance, you can keep
> it,' but that won't be the case for seniors who are enrolled in Medicare
> Advantage," Crapo added, noting that enrollees in that program will lose
> half their current Medicare Advantage benefits if the present bill before
> the committee passes without further amendment.  "There are 60,000 people in
> Idaho enrolled in Medicare Advantage-that's 27 percent of the Medicare
> population in Idaho.  Those affected by these cuts are 20 percent of the
> Medicare population nationwide," he added.  "That is not an insignificant
> proportion of our seniors who will either see a loss in benefits or have to
> switch to another program.  That is not keeping your present insurance as
> the President proposed."
>
>
>
> The director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Douglas Elmendorf,
> has acknowledged that seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage will lose
> benefits under the plan.  Because the legislation has not been detailed, the
> CBO can't offer a fair cost analysis.
>
>
>
> Rushing the bill through will also be disastrous for states, Crapo said.
>  Cuts to the Medicare program by $500 billion will result in higher costs
> for the states partnering in the program-costs that will be passed along to
> state taxpayers.  Crapo said the overall health care bill could total $1.7
> trillion over the full ten years of implementing the program.
>
>
>
> "Then there are the costs to those who are happy with their existing
> insurance," Crapo noted.  "The taxes called for in this bill will be passed
> along-in the form of higher premiums, higher costs for medical devices and
> potentially layoffs from employers dealing with higher taxes.
>
>
>
> "The markup in Committee has shown that people will not be able to keep the
> health care they now have.  One of the most popular programs for seniors,
> particularly in rural areas, will be negatively impacted under this bill,"
> he added.
>
>
>
>
>
> To directly link to this news release, please use the following address:
>
> http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=318260
>
>
>
> # # #
>
> ......................................................................
>
> This is generated from an unattended mailbox. If you have constituent
> comments or information you would like forwarded to Senator Crapo, please do
> so at the Senator's website, http://crapo.senate.gov<
> http://crapo.senate.gov/>. Comments sent to this e-mail address will not
> be responded to.
>
>
>
> *From: *"Crapo News Release (Crapo)" <newsclips at crapo.senate.gov>
> *Date: *September 24, 2009 2:17:54 PM PDT
> *Subject: **CRAPO WARNS OF COSTS TO SENIORS, STATES*
>
>
>  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>                         CONTACT:    Susan Wheeler (202) 224-5150
> September 24,
> 2009
>                                                 Lindsay Nothern (208)
> 344-1108
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> *CRAPO WARNS OF COSTS TO SENIORS, STATES*
> *60,000 Idaho seniors could lose benefits of Medicare Advantage program*
> **
> Washington, DC – Idaho Senator Mike Crapo said today that senior citizens
> and state taxpayers will feel the pain if health care reforms envisioned in
> the Senate Finance Committee are approved by Congress.  Crapo, a member of
> the Finance Committee, charges the legislation could hurt senior citizens
> who enjoy coverage under the popular Medicare Advantage program because that
> program may be cut by $113 billion under the present proposal.
>
>
> Crapo offered an amendment to the bill today that would have stopped the
> reductions in Medicare Advantage if those changes result in less competition
> and choice in the insurance marketplace.  He noted that Medicare Advantage
> saw a whopping 426% increase in enrollment between 2003 and 2007 because the
> program is popular, especially in rural areas where patients have limited
> access to and choices for health care.  “My amendment seeks to preserve that
> choice,” Crapo said, but the amendment was voted down over technical
> objections.
>
>
> “President Obama said ‘if you like your present insurance, you can keep
> it,’ but that won’t be the case for seniors who are enrolled in Medicare
> Advantage,” Crapo added, noting that enrollees in that program will lose
> half their current Medicare Advantage benefits if the present bill before
> the committee passes without further amendment.  “There are 60,000 people in
> Idaho enrolled in Medicare Advantage—that’s 27 percent of the Medicare
> population in Idaho.  Those affected by these cuts are 20 percent of the
> Medicare population nationwide,” he added.  “That is not an insignificant
> proportion of our seniors who will either see a loss in benefits or have to
> switch to another program.  That is not keeping your present insurance as
> the President proposed.”
>
>
> The director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Douglas Elmendorf,
> has acknowledged that seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage will lose
> benefits under the plan.  Because the legislation has not been detailed, the
> CBO can’t offer a fair cost analysis.
>
>
> Rushing the bill through will also be disastrous for states, Crapo said.
> Cuts to the Medicare program by $500 billion will result in higher costs for
> the states partnering in the program—costs that will be passed along to
> state taxpayers.  Crapo said the overall health care bill could total $1.7
> trillion over the full ten years of implementing the program.
>
>
> “Then there are the costs to those who are happy with their existing
> insurance,” Crapo noted.  “The taxes called for in this bill will be passed
> along—in the form of higher premiums, higher costs for medical devices and
> potentially layoffs from employers dealing with higher taxes.
>
>
> “The markup in Committee has shown that people will not be able to keep the
> health care they now have.  One of the most popular programs for seniors,
> particularly in rural areas, will be negatively impacted under this bill,”
> he added.
>
>
>
>
> To directly link to this news release, please use the following address:
> http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=318260
>
>
> # # #
> ......................................................................
>
> This is generated from an unattended mailbox. If you have constituent
> comments or information you would like forwarded to Senator Crapo, please do
> so at the Senator's website,http://crapo.senate.gov. Comments sent to this
> e-mail address will not be responded to.
>
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