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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOld enough to remember seniors beating on Rosty's car
the result:
...the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, which Rostenkowski supported, was supposed to shore up the health plan for the elderly and disabled, adding coverage for outpatient drugs and capping co-payments for medical services (the catastrophic stuff). But there was a catch, and that's what ticked off the senior citizens. The expansion of benefits was financed by a hike in Medicare premiums paid by enrollees.
"No way!" they told Rosty, as you can see in the priceless video. His response, "These people don't understand what the government is trying to do for them." You think?
The protests worked and the law, originally supported by President Reagan and both houses of Congress, was repealed.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2009/08/golden_oldie_seniors_protest_h.html?msclkid=e69aa6becfc511ec9ff416271401e81d
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Old enough to remember seniors beating on Rosty's car (Original Post)
bigtree
May 2022
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. BTW, that protest was organized by Jan Schakowsky, who is currently...
the U.S. representative from Illinois's 9th congressional district
From 1985 until 1990, Schakowsky was the Executive Director of the Illinois State Council for Senior Citizens. In 1989 she organized an old folks' protest against Congressman Dan Rostenkowski, who had supported a law that reduced the amount Medicare would shoulder for medications and catastrophic illnesses, leaving retired and often fixed-income seniors responsible for more of the costs. Due in part to the protests, the law was repealed.
(From: https://awodarchive.blogspot.com/2011/12/ )
mopinko
(71,370 posts)2. beat me to it. my rep.
adore the woman.
bigtree
(88,885 posts)3. well met
...good for her district electing her to the House.