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Menendez vows to defend "Medicare as we know it"

by: Hopeful

Wed Jun 01, 2011 at 06:57:37 PM EDT



I listened to a conference call today in which Senator Bob Menendez continued to oppose the Republican plan to end Medicare (a plan which every New Jersey Republican Congressman supports.) For me, the main takeaway was that Menendez is now pointing out that the Ryan plan would lead to cuts as soon as next year for senior health care, such as wellness visits, and would affect thousands of New Jerseyans. Americans already hate the plan so this message, it seems to me, is very important. He vowed to oppose any plan that would end "Medicare as we know it," including an absurd plan from a questioner where ending Medicare was recast as somehow being like health care plans for federal workers. He is open to improved efficiencies like those Democrats already passed in health care reform last year. In short, he was excellent and we could only wish the Democrats from other states were as reliable on this issue.

I'm sorry that this is such a short post and that I didn't ask the Senator any questions myself, but when I called the state police for a helicopter to take me to work they hung up on me. Then my limo didn't show up and I had to walk a hundred yards. So you can see I just won't have time to blog well for a few days.  
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