Thousands on Medicare lose cancer treatments

[Ca Bob]

This is an example of the free market regulating medical expenditures. Let them eat cake is what the Republican House of Representatives is saying.

[Mac1337]

Obama should have considered the consequences before he demanded the sequester.

[Dennis S]

Congratulations, swampy, on your miraculous turnaround in your concern for people without healthcare:

http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?2...msg-768610

Transcript from 2009:

Dennis S: It shouldn't really matter to you, since you already have guaranteed social health insurance for life.

swampy: Assumptions and presumptions, Dennis. You don't have a clue what I care about.

Dennis S: I know you don't care about almost 50 million people and their families.

swampy: You're right, Dennis. I don't give a flying fark.

[swampy]

Guaranteed for life? Not under Obamacrap. That's what this whole thread is about, people on Medicare losing benefits.

[Black]

swampy wrote:
Guaranteed for life? Not under Obamacrap. That's what this whole thread is about, people on Medicare losing benefits.

No, this thread is about YOU losing Medicare benefits. If it didn't affect you you'd be all for it.

[swampy]

Where did I say that? Quit putting words in my mouth!

[michaelb]

no one is losing medicare benefits.

[Black]

swampy wrote:
Where did I say that? Quit putting words in my mouth!

I'm not going to keep a spreadsheet of all the times you've expressed that sentiment.
That's Dennis' job.

[swampy]

michaelb wrote:
no one is losing medicare benefits.

Did you even read the link in the OP?

[deckeda]

The article indicates the benefit cut is actually a payment cut not to recipients but to doctors/clinics that buy and store the drugs. So this is hurting their profits and passing along that loss to recipients.

So far as I've heard, my mom's Medicare benefits won't be reduced. Maybe her doctor/hospital can better shoulder the costs.