The right-wing policy agenda written for a new Donald Trump presidency would āgreatly accelerateā efforts to privatize Medicare
Last year, for the first time ever, a majority of Americans eligible for Medicare were on privatized Medicare Advantage plans. If Republicans win the presidential race this year, the push to fully privatize Medicare, the government health insurance program for seniors and people with disabilities, will only intensify.
Conservative operatives have already sketched out what the GOPās policy agenda would look like in the early days of a new Donald Trump presidency. As Rolling Stone has detailed, the proposed Project 2025 agenda is radically right-wing. One item buried in the 887-page blueprint has attracted little attention thus far, but would have a monumental impact on the health of Americaās seniors and the future of one of Americaās most popular social programs: a call to āmake Medicare Advantage the default enrollment optionā for people who are newly eligible for Medicare.
Such a policy would hasten the end of the traditional Medicare program, as well as its foundational premise: that seniors can go to any doctor or provider they choose. The change would be a boon for private health insurers ā which generate massive profits and growing portions of their revenues from Medicare Advantage plans ā and further consolidate corporate control over the United States health care system.
I didnāt say that.
I said the democrats wonāt stop them.
I love how you totally donāt actually argue against any of that.
I can be angry that some one is an insurrectionist asshole, I can also be angry that the government hasnt locked said insurrectionist asshole up.
I can be angry that the assholes are trying to fuck over Americans. I can also be angry that the dems arenāt doing enough to stop it. Iām not saying itās easy, Iām saying itās necessary.
Oh, and i canāt stop them. Not alone. Iām one person, and certainly not a billionaire; and in any case the powers that are would never let me near federal office.
Democrats just went and let oj kill his wife too.
This morning I dropped my toast and the fucking Democrats just let it slide. What pricks.