Some people, including Medicare recipients, will have to give up some current benefits to truly reform the nation's health-care system, Rep. Betsy Markey told a gathering of constituents in Fort Collins on Wednesday.I give her credit for telling the truth, but she certainly didn't make
Markey has repeatedly said during the August congressional recess that Medicare spending needs to be reined in to help pay for reforming the broader health-care system.
"There's going to be some people who are going to have to give up some things, honestly, for all of this to work," Markey said at a Congress on Your Corner event at CSU. "But we have to do this because we're Americans."
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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From Rep. Betsy Markey (D-CO):ObamaKennedyCare easier to sell.
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Some people are going to have to give up some things?
You first, Ms Markey.
Why not start with Congress giving up their "Golden Health Plan" and joining the plan which is offered to the general public. That would be a most noble effort on the members of congress!
We have to do this because WE'RE AMERICANS?
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