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Well, maybe we should just eliminate Medicare altogether. Republicans didn't want it when it was passed in the 60's and it seems to be quite along the lines of socialism anyway. Those of you Republicans out there, will you refuse this socialistic program when you retire?

I heard an interview with David Baker (former comptroller of the U.S. and head of the GAO) last night. he has worked around democrat and republican adminstrations so he has no axe to grind. He made it clear the current proposals do not control costs, will add to the debt, and will not improve care (rationing). I feel vindicated for my objection to these proposals based on the fiscal irresponsibility they entail.

More lies from the conservatives. Nothing new here. They're only interested in maintaining the failing status quo so that they can continue to line their pockets with OUR tax dollars.

Death Panels!!! Socialism!!! Fear Fear Fear the GOP Fear Machine is in fine shape.

Republicans it seems have one final flag to wave the noble banner of
"BE A COWARD AND BETRAY YOUR NEIGHBOR TO SAVE A FEW BUCKS!!"

Never fails...those republicans can start a scare campaign about anything to do with the health care reform bill.

I recently posted an update (facebook) on my neighbor's condition to all of those who believe we don't need healthcare reform. Her MRI last Friday confirmed that the cancer started in her Adrenal gland and spread to her kidneys and her upper right lung, then on to her brain. The surgeon CAN do surgery; however, she will have to come up with a substantial DOWN PAYMENT. So it now looks as if she can't afford to live any longer. This was decided by our society and the uncompassionate and selfish people who refer to themselves as CHRISTIANS. I babysat her little grandbaby on Friday. What a shame it is that he will not have the benefit of such a decent and caring woman as his Grandmother. To me, it seems she is more worthy of life than many others who would let her die. On the other hand, perhaps it is better for those who would let her die, that it is her and not them as she will most certainly be with Jesus.

Since the Willie Horton ad days (courtesy of Karl Rove's mentor, Lee Atwater), all the GOP has had to offer is fear-mongering, division and hate.

The GOP's policies are failures:

- We're in the middle of two wars, started by a president who lied us into Iraq and hung us out to dry in Afghanistan.

- Tax cuts for the wealthy during wartime – unprecedented in our nation's history and totally irresponsible.

- These same tax cuts resulted in factories being built overseas by the wealthy and Americans being laid off.

- Skyrocketing medical costs, not once addressed during the 6 full years when Republicans controlled the White House, Senate and Congress.

- Global financial collapse, brought on in part by the Republicans' irrational, irresponsible, naive belief that an un-regulated marketplace somehow brings about the best in people, resulting in financial stability.

So I guess it makes sense that when you're such a failure, all you've got left is fear, division and hate.

Because the truth about the GOP – and all of its tried-and-proven failed ideas – sinks it faster than a stone thrown into a lake.

Let the scare and fear mongering commence.

This should even be called healthcare reform....it is healthcare tax! Raise taxes on the hardest working people, lower benefits for the hardest working people and retirees to that the laziest people can get free healthcare. This bill is stupid and anyone who supports in will not get my vote.

I suppose the Democrats are going to propose that the people pay for these ads with a surtax based on a sliding scale of 1% for low income to upwards of 5% on higher incomes.
The solution to everything is "just tax the people", they can afford it.
I can answer the question of "What does Health Care Reform Mean for Seniors?". It means less money in their Social Security paycheck.

Both the House and Senate healthcare bills are abominations!

They're a government takeover of healthcare - with higher taxes, more bureaucracy, less quality, and less access to medical care.

Essentially, it's socialized medicine. Which has been an abysmal failure in every country that's tried it. So why should the U.S. go down the same path that's doomed to fail?

If this nightmare passes, when the American people get their tax bill, they're going to be sick! And then, in November 2010, they're going to prescribe a liberal enema for Washington, D.C.

"Seniors won't forget"? Heck, I'm a senior and I can't rememberw hat I was looking for when I downloaded this site!

Town hall meeting facilitated by local elected officials and community leaders is the way to get this thing passed. Community leaders can get the information to the people and communictae the needs of the community back to Congress in the form of a survey. It is easier to compose a 1 page survey than to sit back and hope that 30 second media ads will change minds before detractors bridge a wider rift. This healthcare initiative is somethng that affects the entire contry and should be presented to the entire country. Solicitng nationwide input will make people feel involved and reduce opposition, even among those who do not agree. Like that campaign that ran on the premise of "change"...give Americans a different approach for a change

Why is it if George Bush were to try cutting one dime from Medicare the liberals here would be howling for his head, but when obama wants to cut funding to Medicare to fund obamacare, you give him a pass?

Enough with the AD CAMPAIGNs!!!!!

What are the REAL FACTS of the BENEFITS vs RISK!!!!!!

I DON'T HEAR ANY REPUBLICANs or INDEPENDENTs saying "NO TO SOCIAL SECURITY or MEDICARE/MEDICAID" within AMERICA today.

When it was up for VOTING LOOK AT HOW THEY VOTED THEN....

Get a GRIP, SOCIALISM is only BAD when the PEOPLE aren't managing it RIGHT....

I am a senior, and I will not forget to vote for and support those who side with ordinary middle class folks and not with the insurance companies that consider profit more important than the well being of those they serve.

Please do some more reporting, and let us know who is behind the 60 Plus Association. Somehow, I doubt it involves anybody who has the interests of older Americans in mind. Somehow I have a feeling that it involves the same group that has opposed all healthcare progres over the past 60 years – including Medicare, the biggest and best benefit to our senior citizens ever.

Please, do more than just report "an organization". Be a news leader. Tell the truth.

More Republican fear-mongering – how disgusting. They are misrepresenting an already planned stoppage of a trial Medicare plan thought to save money. In reality, it was costing 150% more than normal Medicare plans. It has been slated for removal since the Bush administration. Nothing new and affects very few people who will just go back to regular Medicare plans.

AARP fully supports the healthcare reform bill with the full public option and the largest and most recognizes Seniors advocacy in the nation. They tell the truth in their ads that Medicare is actually being strengthened with the bill.

Just goes to show how Republicans will stoop to any level of lies and fear to advance their agenda to kill healthcare reform. They are working for the insurance industry who has already spent over $300M dollars paying off individual Republicans members of Congress.

Maybe the media/CNN should be highlighting how the Senate Republicans have nor ever had a healthcare bill. They don't even pretend they care about the American people and their welfare. All they do is criticize and tell lies and offer NO solutions or help to make the healthcare bill stronger. They are just happy being the Party of NO and FEAR.

think about how many people they could have helped with the 2 million dollars. Kinda ironic that instead of helping people, they are using the money to further hurt Americans. Way to go!!!!

These people are so hateful...
they never do anything for the poor...
I cannot believe how many well meaning Christian people they are able to fool...
God will judge them!

Medicare needs to continuously monitor and control wastes so seniors can have more efficient services. In every developed country, all have universal health care. Their seniors are not singled out for a particular care system like our Medicare. Buying health insurance is a mandate and everyone is treated the same except for Germany, where the super rich can opt out from national health insurance and buy themselves expensive private insurance policies.

Our seniors need to take a look at seniors from Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, or even Taiwan and ask yourself, "Do they seem healthier than I am under their national health care system?" "Do they have to worry about paying for prescriptions?"

It is a joke to hear about our personal bankruptcy due to medical bills in these countries. Why do we call ourselves a civilized leader of the free world? A strong self-sustaining public option will enlarge our middle class and strengthen our democracy.

Here we go. Just a begining to the end of a health bill.

Rethuglican's should take that $2 million and put it towards creating their own Health Care plan. Oh yeah...they have no plan.

So disgusting the kind of money they are flushing down the drain!!

Hey 60 PLUS- STOP PLAYING POLITICS WITH MY HEALTH!
Give up your Medicare and your Social Security if you really don't want goverment intervention in your life.
These critics are all hypocrits

I have not met one person yet who says we shouldn't have health care..what I have heard is of the concern for cost inlcuding control of the runaway fees that currently exisit and the concern that what is to come is rational in it's cost both for the health of our country and the individual. The major thron is the dollars, and it's wording along with the credibility of a man's word particulary that of our President who promised via media that there would no federal dollar funding abortions, in his words it would be status quo. Federal Dollar is inclusive of any private plans paid for with Federal dollars. It makes no sense to me that anyone would oppose this....insurance companies can solicit buisness off a new clause; people would be protected from their personal views forciifully imposed either for or against abortion, as well for those bent on crying for the service of abortion would still have it available should one choose this service and are willing to pay for it. It would then be a personal decision, not a political or religious influence for the beholder. How hard is that?

Another waste of the American people's money for political propaganda...

As the ad says.........

Senior citizens definitely do NOT forget!!!

And, senior citizens are also the most likely to show up for elections-–or stay home if they are angry!!!

What a corner the Democrats have backed themselves into-–all because they were more concerned about pleasing/accommdating the liberals---instead of the MAJORITY in the country.

And, all because they would not work with Republicans-–in order to come up with a bipartisan plan that would make insurance more effective/affordable for citizens---without destroying our health care system and economy!!!

Democrats are in BIG trouble for the 2010 elections!!!

Dear Political Parties on both sides:

Please, please, please, spend a little less time, money, and energy fighting the (insert negative label of the day here) and more time worrying about how to govern this nation. If I could, I'd fire you all, but I can't, so I'm reduced to begging.

- A concerned citizen whose taxes pay your salaries

It means the health insurance companies have taken another 2 million in profits (OUR MONEY) and thrown it back in as protection so that they can keep making their billions in profits by going after the people least likely to find out the truth.

Who's REALLY exploiting the seniors?

These targeted people should really worry about what's going to happen to them when everyone that knows what this is really about goes to vote next time.

I'm a senior and this 60 plus association doesn't speak for me and I support the healthcare bill so don't take my voice away, that's not democracy.

Your health care permimums at work.

Why not mention up front and prominently that the funding for this group comes from the pharmaceutical industry? I think that's a very important point and it's not even mentioned.

The group is opposed to health care reform because its financial backers are afraid their profits might be impacted.

Think-the insurance industry has 2 million to spend just to counter a DEBATE on the Senate floor– what's at stake for them? Billions of dollars of profits are dangling precariously if this reform bill becomes law. Capitalism first and people fifth, is the rallying cry of those purveyor of virtues and godlessness, the insurance industry. And those parasites we elect as our public servants, that a joke. Remember, all of Congress and their families have medical insurance courtesy of the taxpayer. Medicare recipients are taken care of. What about the rest of us???

Health care reform doesn"t mean anything to senators, except the loss of some jobs. They exempted themselves, remember? They just get to raise taxes to pay for it all. They keep their cadillac plans.

Looks like organizations with something to lose if the public option is passed. These ads distort the facts. The public option will ensure the insurance industry is more competitive. Health insurance is going up 18% each year, so why not fix it? The insurance industry want to continue to be fat cats so the progranda machines are beginning. Hopefully these Senators will do the right thing for America!

And the liars say the bill will NOT cut medicare!! They think senior are stupid and not going to live long enough to be worthwhile citizens to care for. How sad is that!!!!

Kudos to the 60 Plus Association. With these bills being presented to create federal health care bureaucracies, the seniors absolutely take the first hit. The rest of us don't get clobbered until a couple years down the road. About 2016 it gets really ugly and then after that it will be a very unpopular program because the increasing costs will cause great national compromises, health care quality will be sliding down and there will be no end in sight. Not a pretty picture. But Obama needs to cram this through for a political win this year, right?

Seniors will not forget? Yes they will. That's what they do.

If all of these people putting all this money towards ridiculous ads would put that money to good use and actually find solutions for the healthcare debacle that is occurring in our country right now, then this problem would be solved. It is so sad to see that all this money is just going down the toilet when people are homeless, lack healthcare, or are getting shafted by the healthcare companies they are actually paying right now. Very very sad.

Good.........get the message out. The truth needs to be known and the Democrats lies exposed. This is a BAD bill and the Majority of Americans are against it.

And yet, we spend more on the military in one year than either the house or senate plans will cost over 10 years. Healthcare reform bad. War good. Have a nice day!

Do a little research on "60 Plus" and you will quickly learn who and what they really are. AARP describes them as a "front group for the pharmaceutical industry." This is perfectly typical of the lies pro-reform advocates have faced all along in this debate.

Good strategy considering that seniors are nearly the only ones who vote in midterm elections.

More resistance from the party of No. No ideas, no cooperation, no help for the people, no cares at all, since they have already padded their nest egg!

We NEED health care reform! Seniors would not be negatively affect by the legislation currently in the house or senate. AARP supports the legislation. I'm so sick of the lies and threats. Either give suggested solutions or shut up!

Do you really BELIEVE that the government is going to jeopardize Medicare that would end up killing off seniors when MOST of them in the HOUSE are SENIORS????? Come on NOW!! The REUBLI-CAN'Ts need to STOP with their HATE and STOP scaring SENIORS!!!

QUOTE: "... if they vote for the legislation, "Seniors will not forget." UNQUOTE
FORGET WHAT???

This is outrageous!!! The ONLY ones really scaring the seniors are the REPUBLI-CAN'Ts.......... In hearing an editorial on the radio this morning, it was learned that CRAZY Beck is planning a MARCH on WASHINGTON with his TEA-PARTIERS on a very historical date – August 28, 2010!! If you know your history – you know what that date represents!! WE as a people who are TIRED of the LIES and FEAR TACTICS these FAR RIGHT REPUBLICAN'TS are instilling and the HATE they have towards President Obama – should also MARCH ON THAT DAY!!!

It begins HERE and I will keep blogging it until it penetrates to EVERYONE sick and tired of the PARTY OF NO!!! There are some looking at BECK and inSANNITY and LIMBAUGERcheese as GODS and they are far from it!!! STOP THE HATE – DO SOMETHING!!!

Latest studies show million of Americans with out food but these people are spending 2 million to spread the lie

GOP and big business once again crank up the Lie Machine. What else is new?

I'm sure this is just another insurance company based campaign and is not really representative of Seniors. My mother, who has Medciare Advantage by Humana, has received a number of fear mongering adds from Humana; wanting her to demand that our tax dollars go to fund their profits, yes she must call her Representatives immediately. Fortunately I am an RN and work in insurance related issues for the hospital. I know, that she will not be loosing any benefits, with the loss of her Humana run plan. She will not be denied by Humana, as she has so many times in the past, when she needs emergency or hospital care. She will continue to have Medicare B and may select Medicare D for her RX, but will certainly not be loosing benefits. It is Humana, and all the other Private Insurance Compaines, who will be loosing some of their undeserved profits, earned by rationing care for seniors.

I just wonder how many mammograms 2 million dollars could have paid for.

And what groups are these? Special interst groups no doubt. When are you going to wake up America? $25 for an asprin Charged by a hostpital in Louisiana.Why doesn't CNN list these groups and who's paying for the add's.America neeeds to go forward and not backwards.

Medicare has become the new wedge issue with the GOP. First they hate government programs including medicare, they campaign againt it, now they embrace it because they can use it to scare seniors into giving them their votes. There are no cuts to any services provided by Medicare nor are there any death panels. Wake up Seniors, you are being duped. If GOP could get rid of medicare tomorrow without fallout from voters, they would do it in a heartbeat. Please support healthcare reform. Like millions of other taxpayers, I've been paying into medicare for 30+ yrs and don't begrudge any of you from getting proper care in your golden years. Let's pay it forward and help those hard working americans who either make too much for medicaid or cannot get insurance due to pre-existing conditions.

Here they come....slinging the mud fast and furious. What else is a Republican to do? lol lol lol

We are seniors that wont forget who is putting out this AD and those Corporate Fascists that are paying people to kill health reform.We arent afraid of the rightwing fearmongers.

The GOP has become a lying bunch of pathetic thugs.

So... republicans oppose government-run health care... by supporting Medicare which IS government-run health care for seniors? And meanwhile they keep scaring people with mentioning 'bureaucrats' and 'death panels.' Guess what! The very reason we have Medicare IS because the private health care industry had bureaucrats and death panels that denied seniors coverage for their countless pre-existing conditions! Without Medicare half of these seniors wouldn't have ANY coverage whatsoever!
But keep hypocritically dancing around! It's very entertaining coming up with excuses to oppose Obama!

Wonder which health care entity is running and financing this 60 plus organization? With the money they are spending against Health Care Reform, we all have to realize this reform is the right thing to do.
Voters, let's not be swayed by the propaganda, lies, fear mongering by big business and the republicans. Our country desperately needs
this broken system fixed.
And, come next elections, we need to vote out those politicians that have put big business, campaign funding, personal gains and interests over the welfare of the American people.

By making it that seniors on fixed incomes, already financially stretched to choose between food or meds can't afford treatment it equates to one conclusion. Just like attacking mammograms and cervix screening the people who can't afford to pay for treatment won't get it. Palin was spot on about death panels. These recent happenings are just the preview. It's becoming like one of those futuristic movies of the 80's (Soyent Green). Hear it comes. Beware.
Don't allow it to happen.

To Mary Landreiu, The INSURANCE INDUSTRY is not HURTING!!!! Dont be suffocated by these attack dog insurance companies ads and their bought and paid for puppet Republicans. The populace that agree with these diatribes will not vote for you or any moderate Democrat. PLEASE concentrate on the constituents that will support you no matter what. The glutenous, greedy insurance cos are praying these ads frighten and sway you into thinking this is what the majority of Americans want. Not so- Find your backbone and reject their rhetoric!!!

The people have no say in any of this. It is just more in-house meddling and manipulation between big pharma and gov't onto the populace.

How tiring, so tiring this has all become.

Does the phrase swiftboating sound familiar? Peel back the onion and see who is behind this.

What a horrible organization. Who is funding this group, does anyone know? Is it just another front for the insurance and pharmaceutical companies?

I particularly hate their name, because it implies that actual seniors are responsible for putting out this garbage. The other group I can think of with a similarly deceptive name is the "US Chamber of Commerce", which somehow has also become a front group for radical conservative causes.

What are we up to now in spending by the insurance lobby to keep things the way they were, and their profits continuing through the roof? What do ya figure with all the payouts to Congress, ads on TV and in print, BILLIONS? Yep, billions to scare the heck out of people for no verifiable reason other than to make sure their CEO's can maintain their extravagant life style while people all over the country are dying for lack of a public option. Apparently that's okay for the Republicans and their Blue Dog lackies, but for the people of the United States...not so much.

thats a double secrete code word

"paid for by an organization opposed to the Democratic Party's approach to health care" means that over coffee Rush, O'Rielly, Coultour and Hannity sat down and said 'too much progress has been made for the American people, we can see they are feeling hope and think something may be done for them for a change. We must crush their dreams.'

So they called the Health Industry and got them to pony up 2mill$, called an ad agency and the secret team was hidden by the code words 'paid for by an organization opposed to the Democratic Party's approach to health care'

from their door to yours

This ad campaign is most likely paid for by insurance companies of drug companies like all the other misleading propaganda.

Old people hate republicans....

No taxpayer should forget either.

The Democrats have declared war on we the taxpayers of this country. Every single poll shows that the American people do not want what the Democrats are so determined to impose on us, but what we want just doesn't matter.

This isn't democracy, this is tyranny.

Here they come again.
The special interest fear mongering liars. They make billions by killing people and they have the IGNORANTS they continue to screw buying into their nonsense.
WILL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BE FOOLED AGAIN?
They've been doing this for 50 years now and millions are dying.
Drop your selfishness and greed and let all of us have affordable healthcare and Public Option for the poor.
IF LIFE IS PRECIOUS FOR YOU AT CONCEPTION IT SHOULD BE ALSO PRECIOUS AFTER BIRTH.

Mybe an extra million shoud be spent to counter the backlash from the catholic church. When have they The Church) saved a life. These Bishops act holier than though but they have access to the best health care money has to buy; and I'm not talking about God

The only thing health care reform means to the GOP is that Americans will finally come to self actualization that they've been sold a line of crap by Republicans and now health insurance company execs and CEOs will will have to turn their heads and cough while the former uninsured population holds them by the balls. I'm a senior and I will not fall for anymore lies by the Greedy Obstacle Party (GOP)!

Do you think the insurance lobbies paid for this?

I have heard one of them using local residents.. Same lies that have been going on for months, like telling me what test I can have, government getting between me and my doctor..and lest but not last the deficit..You know if you disagree with the plan, just say so with truthful reasons and not the fear-mongering crap, it is getting old..just repeating the tea-baggers mantra..Either these people don't read or listen or are just ignorant of the facts..for pete sake do some fact checking, instead of getting on TV and showing just how far the right will go to scare people..

Why does Congress not listen to the voters, but instead, party affiliates, just to promote their agendas, but not the voters?

And the fear-mongering campaign continues! Not this time; this is not 1994!

I already know it's a fear-based ad. few if any real facts, i'll bet my last dollar.

how do I know? it's done by conservatives.

More fear and no substance. Trust me. The rest of us won't foregt what the "Party of No" has been doing.

The ones pushing the elderly into there grave ahead of time , Careless , just so they can say , we passed this Bill.

I find it very aggravating to hear those on the right who claim they want healthcare reform, but yet when they were in power, they didn't budge an inch on getting anything done. All I remember was a bunch of tax breaks to the top 1%. The G.O.P. is so blinded by power that they will stop at nothing to oppose any progressive agenda. That will ultimately be their downfall. You can't vote NO on everything. The American people have our eyes on you and is paying attention to the obstruction you republicans are causing.

Another fine example of money that could be put to good use rather than political posturing. If Congress dropped this ludicrous bill and both sides put their advertising money toward a benevolent use, we wouldn't need near the social safety net that our tax dollars currently fund.

Believe it, there's much more at stake than just buying insurance for poor people, there's POWER behind the veil, hence the tooth and nail struggle we see unfolding before us.

Here we go again. Scare people, especially seniors, by twisting the truth. Seniors – what is more important? You losing your gym membership or saving someone else's life?

It's so sad that they have to pay $2M to do this when CNN uses its propaganda machine to promote the socialist agenda of the Democrat party for free.

No matter your age.. consider and realize that you will be a sweet little old person too some day. Rationing will begin and end with you.

It will all begin to happen in 2013 if this 'Horrific Health Care' bill passes.

Human nature is such that we most easily understand what bites us on our individual butts.

How old will your butt be in 5 years... 10 years... 15 years ?

The government will own your old butt soon... very soon.

I would hope most seniors are smarter than the health insurance industry thinks they are, and tell these idiots to 'stuff it.'

If they don't like the reform bill, then why aren't they proposing one of their own?

Oh, or is this the fear-mongering, lying GOP who wants to scare everyone? You know the ones - they keep harping on how bad the bill is but WILL NOT offer any alternative.

Why is is that CNN posted this story witout disclosing that The 60 Plus Association is actually a front for the Pharmaceutical industry? Pharam should be required to have its name ont eh ad as well.

It would be wonderful if this 2 million dollars went toward the health clinics that are taking place..in areas around the country.

Throw the clowns out and let's start anew.

Seniors who fall for this crap should stand before a panel.

No need to run the commercials in Louisiana our senator has already been bought and paid for.......a 300 million dollar hoe