GOP will weaken Medicare if they kill Affordable Care Act’s IPAB
by Raymond GellnerFebruary 29, 2012
From the article:
In her White House blog on Wednesday, Deputy White House Chief of Staff Nancy-Ann DeParle reinforced the need to stop Republican lawmakers in their attempts to disband the Affordable Care Act’s Independent Payment Advisor Board (IPAB), stating that the GOP alternative will significantly weaken Medicare and make insurance companies the health care deciders for millions of senior citizens.
According to DeParle’s blog the IPAB will consist of a panel of doctors, consumers and patient advocates who will give recommendations to Congress on ways to keep costs in check while protecting and strengthening benefits for patients.
Backward steps the GOP would implement, should their Medicare initiatives pass, include: a rationing of health care, an increase in premiums (according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office), a lack of control in health care costs, and insurance company control of medical care to seniors based upon corporate P&L statements.
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