that s the way i view it. your thoughts. well, i think that there are a number of factors here, ed. number one, is the constant drum beat of negativity. and then, of course, we have our republican friends who have spent a phenomenal amount of time voting against this over 40 times. not always giving the whole truth and nothing but the truth about it. and so i think people can get a little pessimistic. but on the other hand, ed, when i talk to folks in my district, they are patient. they remember back in 2005 when we had the rollout of the medicaid part d, the prescription program, remember all the difficulties that came up with that. but my seniors are delighted with that program now. they re doing fine. sure. and they barely remember it. so, you know, remember all the problems. and so i think we have to be patient. and one of the things that concerns me, ed, is that, you know, we re supposed to be in a can-do nation.
patients. we have 4 million people on medicare advantage that, will lose medicare advantage because of the $716 billion in cuts. i can t understand how you can cut medicare $716 billion for current recipients. you point out, we are putting some back with a bettered prescription program. that s $1 for every $15 you have cut. they re smart enough to know, that s not a good trade. i want to take that $716 billion and put it back into medicare, by the way, we can include a prescription program if we need to improve it. but the idea of cutting $716 billion from medicare to balance obamacare is, in my opinion, a mistake. with regard to young people coming along, viproposals to make sure that medicare and social security are there for them, without any question. jim: mr. president? first of all, i think it s important for governor romney present this plan that he said will only affect folks in the
we have 4 million people on medicare advantage that, will lose medicare advantage because of the $716 billion in cuts. i can t understand how you can cut medicare $716 billion for current recipients. you point out, we are putting some back with a bettered prescription program. that s $1 for every $15 you have cut. they re smart enough to know, that s not a good trade. i want to take that $716 billion and put it back into medicare, by the way, we can include a prescription program if we need to improve it. but the idea of cutting $716 billion from medicare to balance obamacare is, in my opinion, a mistake. with regard to young people coming along, viproposals to make sure that medicare and social security are there for them, without any question. jim: mr. president? first of all, i think it s important for governor romney present this plan that he said will only affect folks in the future.
we have 4 million people on medicare advantage that, will lose medicare advantage because of the $716 billion in cuts. i can t understand how you can cut medicare $716 billion for current recipients. you point out, we are putting some back with a bettered prescription program. that s $1 for every $15 you have cut. they re smart enough to know, that s not a good trade. i want to take that $716 billion and put it back into medicare, by the way, we can include a prescription program if we need to improve it. but the idea of cutting $716 billion from medicare to balance obamacare is, in my opinion, a mistake. with regard to young people coming along, viproposals to make sure that medicare and social security are there for them, without any question. jim: mr. president? first of all, i think it s important for governor romney present this plan that he said will only affect folks in the future.
i don t. let me explain why. again, that s for future, not current retirees. if you are 54 or 55, you might want to listen. i can t understand how you can cut medicare $716 billion for current recipients of medicare. you point out, we are putting some back, we are going to give them a better prescription program. it s $1 for every $15 you cut. they are smart enough to know it s not a good trade. when the subject moved to health care, mr. romney was first to point out the reforms he signed into law in massachusetts was something he shied away from in the past. the president could come into office facing 23 million people out of work, an economic crisis at the kitchen table and spent his energy and passion fighting for obama care instead of jobs for the american people. it has killed jobs. the best course for health care