health care reform fearmongering in AARP opinion piece

[Muttocracy]

I was having a bowl of cereal tonight, flipping through my aged parent's copy of an AARP magazine. They have an article on Massachusetts' health care reforms that I skimmed (says big issue = needs more cost control, makes sense). Then I'm reading a piece on national health care reform, and it starts to warn about public insurance being a slippery slope where once there is public insurance employers will start cancelling plans, and soon it will be all socialism!!!!111

What the heck? Then I looked at the signature line - Sen. Grassley R-IA :eyes:, ranking member of Finance Cmte

One of those, ah, yes, why I'm not a Republican moments.

Just before all that I was listening to a guy who had called into the Ed Schultz radio show describing how today his employer told all the employees they had 2 weeks to find new health insurance because the company was dropping insurance. It's happening ALREADY. Sigh.

[annabanana]

1. alas.. AARP ceased being an advocate for Seniors the day it

decided that Medicare Part D was a good idea, and opened up shop as just another insurance company. I removed myself from their rolls and mailing lists back then, and have found myself justified to have done so since.

[dflprincess]

2. And don't forget their relatonship with United Health Group

How odd that they would be telling the people already on Medicare that public health plans are bad. Sadly, a good many people will fall for it - they just don't make the connection between Medicare and single payer.