Why do 55 GOP Senators on Medicare oppose the Public Option for you?

Question

55 GOP Representatives and Senators have Government Run Health Care called Medicare but they oppose a Public Option.

Should the 55 GOP Representatives and Senators who have Medicare give up their Medicare because of their ideology?

The list of hypocrites:
Rep. Ralph M. Hall
Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett
Rep. Sam Johnson
Rep. C.W. Bill Young
Rep. Howard Coble
Sen. Jim Bunning
Sen. Richard G. Lugar
Rep. Don Young
Sen. Charles E. Grassley
Sen. Robert F. Bennett
Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch
Sen. Richard C. Shelby
Rep. Jerry Lewis
Sen. James M. Inhofe
Rep. Ron Paul
Rep. Henry E. Brown
Sen. Pat Roberts
Sen. George V. Voinovich
Sen. John McCain
Rep. Judy Biggert
Sen. Thad Cochran
Rep. Harold Rogers
Rep. Dan Burton
Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon
Rep. Frank R. Wolf
Sen. Christopher S. Bond
Rep. Michael N. Castle
Rep. Joe Pitts
Rep. Tom Petri
Sen. Lamar Alexander
Rep. Doc Hastings
Rep. Cliff Stearns
Rep. Sue Myrick
Rep. John Carter
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sen. Jon Kyl
Rep. Phil Gingrey
Rep. Nathan Deal
Rep. John Linder
Rep. Kay Granger
Rep. John L. Mica
Rep. Walter B. Jones
Sen. Jim Risch
Rep. Ed Whitfield
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner
Rep. Virginia Foxx
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Sen. Michael B. Enzi
Rep. Elton Gallegly
Rep. Donald Manzullo
Rep. Peter T. King
Rep. Ander Crenshaw

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Answer 1

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hypocrisy

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Answer 2

You seem to be lying. They don't oppose Medicare.

Medicare is for all of us AFTER we reach 65. We pay into it now. And, we collect later.

You Libs are trying to steal from the system. You want to hardly pay in now and collect it now.

But, personally, I would rather ditch Medicare and have everyone save for their own care when they get old. But, Dems would never let us get rid of it. So, let's not steal from it. Wait until you're 65. Play by the rules like everyone else. It will be there for you. But, don't try to steal from our elderly parents and grandparents. Do you duty. Help fund it. Then enjoy it after you're 65 like every one else who plays fair.

Sadly, Dems won't let us opt out of social security and medicare and support ourselves. They want us to support them.

Answer 3

lol Senators???
Just a few names I saw:Peter King....Widely believed to have funded the IRA(recognized as terrorist org) during The Troubles.
Virginia Foxx: Old people should be scared of the death panels!

Answer 4

It's a government program that should be killed and a new one should not replace it

Answer 5

Yes. Give them back the money they paid INTO it and remove them.

I'm pretty sure they would agree to that.

Most of us would, except it isn't about that, is it?

It's about US paying for YOU.

No More Socialism. It's over in four years. I hope we get a NON-socialist and very ethical democrat, but I'll take any non-socialist.

Answer 6

Why should they subject Americans to a something worse than what they get? How does that make them hypocrites?

Answer 7

Because of the cost to you the tax payer. The only way government can give something to someone is first they Have to Take it from someone else. I am damn tired of paying for other peoples life style.

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LIFE

Answer 8

Medicare is diffrent form the public option.

Answer 9

Because they is the way they are. They take and take and take. And when you say, hey can you give a little back, they kick you because you are down. And tell you your lazy and don't want to work.

Answer 10

EXCELLENT POST!
If I could give you the 10 points, I would...STAR ! ! ! !

Answer 11

You must not be familiar with Medicare. People have no choice about whether or not they're on Medicare, it's the law for all seniors. There is no insurance for seniors other than Medicare (with private supplemental ins).

I'm sure they're not happy about it either, but that's the law. I'm sure all these people would prefer a totally private insurance plan, and could afford it, but it's not their choice.

Again, more liberal obfuscation of real issues with phony or manufactured outrage

Answer 12

Doesn't matter. After 2010 there won't be as many as that.

Answer 13

Because the public option will put the private insurance companys out of business

Answer 14

hey idiotic liberal: medicare and the public option are not related. stop listening to MSNBC and CNN for God's sake! please!

Answer 15

Bacause they want to spare us more govt. waste and fraud as was announce about medicare today in the news. billions wasted and stolen.

Answer 16

Perhaps it's because they see the financial trouble Medicare is in. Every single government funded system that is in place is failing miserably. The problem with doing away with Medicare at this point would be that all those who have been paying into it for most of their working life would get totally screwed. Medicare is in no way comparable to a government run health care system but the same problems such as major corruption and fraud would also run rampant for a gov. run health care system but on a much larger scale.

Answer 17

That is because they have the ability to reason with logic.

Answer 18

What? You didn't attached the CSpan rebuttal? How very fair and balanced. Or ... did Cspan not have a rebuttal? Hmmm.

All Senators have PRIVATE health insurance, from companies like Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Don't yall libs remember Hillary and Obama campaigning that the common folk should have health care as good as government officials get? Well, they get PRIVATE health insurance. But now ... only a public options is the best. Talk about hypocrites.