On the recordNovember 10, 2011
We have talked about this. There is a program that his patients and mine have enjoyed, called Medicare Advantage, and there is an advantage for patients signing up for that program. About one in four Americans on Medicare signs up for Medicare Advantage. The advantages of this program are that it coordinates care, works with preventive care. Yet, the President has targeted that for elimination. By 2017, half of the people on this program, who say they like and have it, will no longer be eligible to participate in it because of this health care law. We explain that to the American people in our second opinion on ``Medicare and You.'' Finally, Dr. Coburn talked about the IPAB, the Independent Payment Board. It is a rationing board to me, a board designed to deny and refuse care. These are unelected bureaucrats. They don't need to have a medical background or don't necessarily need to see patients. It is specifically related to cutting the amount of money that is paid for patients to have procedures, to see physicians, and to get the care they need, which is why there is great concern throughout this country and why the President's health care law becomes more unpopular every day.
