I for one, a licensed psychologist in California, welcome the Ryan “premium care” plan. Let’s try it out on a voluntary basis. I think it will work.
It’s time to cut up the federal government’s credit card, pay off what is due and save for rainy days ahead. Let’s face real death and ignore the phony death threat scare tactics put out by Democrats.
There’s much that happens unexpected in life and we need to be prepared. Just days ago, a tornado flattens an American town and hundreds of real people are truly dead.
In contrast, the Democrats create phony death and use scare tactics. Recently, the Democrats put out an ad depicting grandma in a wheel chair pushed off a cliff by Republican Ryan’s budget proposal to overhaul Medicare.
Real deaths are coming:
The real deaths that will occur are when your or my grandchild is denied a life saving procedure because 15 bureaucrats running ObamaCare or WhatEverCare decide that it is not cost effective and our grandchildren cannot have that medical procedure.
Another real death that’s happening is the declining value of the American dollar. Will we stop printing the $1.00 bill as it has the value of a nickel?
Instead of scare death threats against granny let’s deal with real issues in a grownup manner.
If a family had out of control debt and went to a debt counselor they would be told to stop adding to their debt. Likewise, the government must be told by voters to stop adding to the 14 trillion dollar debt.
Likewise — this is what we must tell our politicians and the government:
Cut up the credit cards. Figure out how to consolidate all debt. Prioritize what gets paid first. Work out arrangements with those you owe when to pay them back.
Because entitlements account for such a large part of the budget — about 50% —entitlement reform must happen.
So, read up on Ryan’s budget plan. It is sensible and foresighted.
The Democrats have offered no budget. The Republicans are offering one. Everyone needs to get into the conversation.
I for one think that the way to improve the Ryan plan for Medicare reform is to implement it on a trial basis. Let anyone age 55 plus who currently has health insurance the opportunity to switch to “premium plus”. By lottery select, say, 2000 persons. Then put the pedal to the metal and see how the program works.
The total number that want a chance to get selected will show how popular the Ryan “premium plan” actually is. And within a year or so we will have real data as to how senior citizens actually like the program.
This is a voluntary way to “try out” Ryan’s Premium Plus plan with seniors who — according to the Ryan plan — are stuck with Medicare as they are too old. Let the older folks age 55+ decide based on real experience.
The “Premium Plus” Ryan medicare reform plan is largely the same as what Congress persons get.
In my view, what is good enough for Congressman Sam Farr, age 69, is good enough for all of the citizens of California. And all U.S. citizens.
DrCameronJackson@gmail.com
