[Vision2020] Fw: CRAPO WARNS OF COSTS TO SENIORS, STATES
Joe Campbell
philosopher.joe at gmail.com
Sat Sep 26 17:40:55 PDT 2009
Since the majority of people don't vote there is no basis for this
claim.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 26, 2009, at 2:42 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.
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> g
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wayne Price
> To: lfalen
> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 12:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: CRAPO WARNS OF COSTS TO SENIORS, STATES
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> Roger,
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> 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.
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> Wayne
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> On Sep 26, 2009, at 11:47 AM, lfalen wrote:
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>> 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
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>> CONTACT: Susan Wheeler (202) 224-5150
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>> CRAPO WARNS OF COSTS TO SENIORS, STATES
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>> 60,000 Idaho seniors could lose benefits of Medicare Advantage
>> program
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> "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."
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> "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.
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>> "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.
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>> To directly link to this news release, please use the following
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>> http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=318260
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> FOR IMMEDIATE
>> RELEASE
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>> CONTACT: Susan Wheeler (202) 224-5150
>> September 24,
>> 2009
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>> 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
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>> Washington, DC – Idaho Senator Mike Crapo said today that senior c
>> itizens and state taxpayers will feel the pain if health care refo
>> rms envisioned in the Senate Finance Committee are approved by Con
>> gress. Crapo, a member of the Finance Committee, charges the legi
>> slation could hurt senior citizens who enjoy coverage under the po
>> pular Medicare Advantage program because that program may be cut b
>> y $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 pre
>> serve that ch
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