Budget chief contradicts Obama on Medicare costs

[red states rule]

Well according to the Obamictionary it's not a cut, just like a tax is not a tax, if he says so.



Budget chief contradicts Obama on Medicare costs
By ERICA WERNER (AP) – 15 hours ago

WASHINGTON — Congress' chief budget officer is contradicting President Barack Obama's oft-stated claim that seniors wouldn't see their Medicare benefits cut under a health care overhaul.

The head of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, Douglas Elmendorf, told senators Tuesday that seniors in Medicare's managed care plans would see reduced benefits under a bill in the Finance Committee.

The bill would cut payments to the Medicare Advantage plans by more than $100 billion over 10 years.

Elmendorf said the changes would reduce the extra benefits that would be made available to beneficiaries.

Critics say the plans are overpaid, while supporters say they work well.

Obama says cuts to Medicare providers won't reduce seniors' benefits.

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[cat slave]

Its amazing to me that anyone actually still believes things that tumble out
the mouth of the messiah. Hes an idiot that speaks well. Have people
become this stupid? Probably.

His strut has become more and more arrogant...! Hes cocky! Hes the
21st century version of The Pied Piper.

[Trigg]

Its amazing to me that anyone actually still believes things that tumble out
the mouth of the messiah. Hes an idiot that speaks well. Have people
become this stupid? Probably.

His strut has become more and more arrogant...! Hes cocky! Hes the
21st century version of The Pied Piper.

Well there ya go, maybe at the next election he'll lead the rats out of washington

[red states rule]

Its amazing to me that anyone actually still believes things that tumble out
the mouth of the messiah. Hes an idiot that speaks well. Have people
become this stupid? Probably.

His strut has become more and more arrogant...! Hes cocky! Hes the
21st century version of The Pied Piper.

How many lies has Obama told so far?

No lobbyist in his administration.

No earmarks in the stimulus bill.

The American public will have 5 days to review bills online before they are voted on.

No one makinng under $250,000 will have any tax increase whatsoever.

Says no one will be compelled to get the public "option".

Says his opposition is not proposing any ideas, only shouting down lib ideas.

"Saved" or created however many million jobs.

He will not interfere with the filling of the late Senator Kennedy's seat, thats a state matter. Mass gov' today says that Obama talked to him days after Kennedy's death urging him to change the law to speed up the process.

These are the ones I can think of at the present time

[red states rule]

Rush summed it up this morning

Rush's Morning Update: More Lies
Septermber 24, 2009


In every health care speech, Barack Obama claims that seniors' Medicare benefits will not be cut under his health care takeover. To those who point out that seniors will indeed face cuts, Obama accuses them of spreading lies and misinformation.

Enter Douglas Elmendorf, head of the nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office. Good old Doug told senators that under the health care plan in the finance committee, Medicare Advantage would be cut by more than $100 billion dollars over ten years. Those cuts would, "reduce the extra benefits that would be made available to beneficiaries through Medicare Advantage plans."

Let me explain in plain language: Obama and his Democrats are proposing cuts to make Medicare "wither on the vine" for grandma and grandpa. They're going to slice and dice benefits for the elderly, the most vulnerable among us. The bottom line here is that Obama and his Democrats speak with forked tongue -- they lie.

Obama's White House reacted quickly, releasing a statement that "health insurance reform will strengthen Medicare for seniors, not diminish it"... blah, blah, blah. But it doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out, folks, who is lying; every plan the Democrats offer has Medicare cuts all over it. How can you cut billions without cutting care?

One last thing. Mr. Elmendorf, you've called Obama out, buddy. So any day now you can expect America's national hemorrhoid, Jimmy Carter, to accuse you of being a racist -- along with everybody else who won't fall in line behind Dear Leader Obama. (That does not include Moammar Khadafy, however, who loves Obama and wants him to be president forever.)

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