Jim Martin, “Among his many dubious distinctions, Barack Obama will be remembered as the President who killed Medicare as we know it, and tossed it into a shallow grave.”

(Alexandria, Virginia) — The House Committee on Energy and Commerce this week revealed that the total tally of President Obama’s raids on Medicare to help pay for Obamacare has now gone over the $1 trillion mark, noting $716 billion was taken from Medicare and $300 billion from Medicare Advantage.  Seniors, the Committee noted, will start feeling the cuts beginning next year, with reduced care and doctor shortages.

“This is yet another chapter in Barack Obama’s anti-senior citizen manifesto.  He remains far and away the most anti-senior President in our nation’s history,” said 60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin, leader of the nation’s largest conservative seniors organization with 7.5 million senior supporters and the acknowledged alternative to the liberal AARP.

“For years Republicans had to endure frivolous, false attacks from Democrats on the issue of Medicare, with accusations of gutting the program and attempting to ‘end Medicare as we know it.’  Well now the record is crystal clear on which party ended Medicare, with over $1 trillion in cuts to pay for an entirely new entitlement that the American people — and seniors most of all — do not want.

“President Obama’s legacy is set for all time, killing Medicare will be his signature achievement, the one thing he will be remembered for above all else. And let’s not forget he could not have done it without his friends over at the AARP, who carried his water to get Obamacare passed through Congress and continue to push the program at every opportunity and line their pockets with the money of seniors forced out of Medicare Advantage.”

Currently 28% of all seniors enrolled in Medicare also carry Medicare Advantage coverage. With cuts to the program, seniors will see massive price increases in premiums and deductibles, or be forced to supplement their coverage through and outside plan such as those sold by the AARP.

“Congratulations Mr. Obama and AARP — you killed Medicare to grab the political power you always wanted. This is forever how you will be remembered.”

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