"The bill cannot give seniors false choices that coerce them into leaving conventional Medicare to enroll in HMOs and private plans," the Democrats wrote. "It is wrong to provide greater resources to enrich private plans while starving Medicare in the bargain. It is wrong to legislate a vast social experiment that would raise premiums for Medicare and victimize the oldest and sickest senior citizens."
Suddenly they hate social experiments. Somehow giving seniors money to buy private insurance is victimizing them. If handing me money is victimization, what have I been waiting for? Also, does that mean the rest of us with private insurance are already victims?
In a letter yesterday, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and 36 other Democratic senators said they would reject any compromise that includes what is known as premium support.
It should be obvious this group of 36 Democrats aren't interested in public health, but expanding the role of the federal government. The bigger the government, the more power for them.
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