Dick Morris and Eileen McGann have now turned to conspiracy theories as a last-ditch effort to keep the health-care system status quo (“The Most Squalid ‘Reform’ Deal Yet,” PostOpinion, Oct. 2).
For 50 years, we’ve been helping older Americans get access to health care. We’re helping our members by protecting Medicare benefits, reining in rising health-care costs and fighting for members who are often denied coverage or charged exorbitant prices based on age or pre-existing conditions.
AARP has always believed that managed care is a good option for some people in Medicare — we just don’t believe that taxpayers should subsidize these private insurers to the tune of billions of dollars.
Morris and McGann show just how out of touch they are by arguing that anyone making more than $18,000 for a family of three doesn’t need assistance paying for their health-care costs.
Perhaps they’re unaware that insurance premiums for that family would eat up more than a quarter of their annual income, or perhaps they just don’t care.
Nancy LeaMond
Executive Vice President
AARP
Washington, DC