Today's Medicare Analogy
A quick analogy about this lie about President Obama's Medicare "theft":
Let's say you gave me $40 to fill up your car with gas, and your car holds 10 gallons. I find two gas stations across the street from each other, one selling gas for $3 a gallon, and the other for $4 a gallon. Instead of spending $4 a gallon and using all the money, I pay $3 a gallon and spend $30, then take the leftover $10 and buy you a gas card to be used later.
Your car got filled up, but I didn't spend the whole $40 doing it. Did I just steal $10 from you? Or, did I fill up your car and give you even more gas than was expected?
This is what Obama's Medicare plan is doing. They've found ways to cut spending in Medicare ($3 instead of $4) and are using the savings to provide more benefits. Things like free annual wellness exams, free flu shots and free screenings for things like bone mass, cervical cancer, mammograms, diabetes, cholesterol, and prostrate cancer (see the full list here). Seniors have also seen savings in the cost of their prescription drugs.
This notion that President Obama is "stealing" from the Medicare fund has been thoroughly debunked by those not tied to the Republican party or affiliated with the right wing media.
Paul Ryan's plan, on the other hand, would take the $10 he saved and walk it right back in to the gas station and give it to the owner.
Let's say you gave me $40 to fill up your car with gas, and your car holds 10 gallons. I find two gas stations across the street from each other, one selling gas for $3 a gallon, and the other for $4 a gallon. Instead of spending $4 a gallon and using all the money, I pay $3 a gallon and spend $30, then take the leftover $10 and buy you a gas card to be used later.
Your car got filled up, but I didn't spend the whole $40 doing it. Did I just steal $10 from you? Or, did I fill up your car and give you even more gas than was expected?
This is what Obama's Medicare plan is doing. They've found ways to cut spending in Medicare ($3 instead of $4) and are using the savings to provide more benefits. Things like free annual wellness exams, free flu shots and free screenings for things like bone mass, cervical cancer, mammograms, diabetes, cholesterol, and prostrate cancer (see the full list here). Seniors have also seen savings in the cost of their prescription drugs.
This notion that President Obama is "stealing" from the Medicare fund has been thoroughly debunked by those not tied to the Republican party or affiliated with the right wing media.
Paul Ryan's plan, on the other hand, would take the $10 he saved and walk it right back in to the gas station and give it to the owner.
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