Now I know why!

I was under the impression that the grey haired seniors I see on T.V. , disrupting the town hall meetings, are ‘dumb’ people who believe that there will be a ‘death panel’ which will cut their medical options. Now I realize that they have a much more serious and valid concern about the new healthcare plan. It is like this.
The fundamental goal of the present healthcare reform is to assure coverage for the nearly 44 million in USA, who do not have any health insurance now. If the plan gets passed, the government will end up picking most of these uninsured, as they cannot afford any of the private health insurance plans in the proposed ‘co-op’ market. This means that there will be a huge increase the number of recipients of government healthcare services (which now are Medicare and Medicaid). Where is the money for this is going to come from? According to President Obama, two thirds of the cost ($600 billion) will be met by removing the inefficiencies of the present healthcare system. This is a promise tough to beleive as the USA Government is not known for reducing costs, ever! So, what happens if this assumption is proven wrong, and there is not enough money for medical coverage? Possible action will be to reduce the services provided. This means that the seniors, who are in Medicare now, will have to brace for a deterioration of the services in the future. This is totally unacceptable to them as they do not want anything to disrupt their well set lives, dependent on Social Security and Medicare!