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Showing posts with label Medicare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medicare. Show all posts

Sunday, June 10, 2012

MR. JD PROSE: YOUR COLUMN IS WHAT WE READ WHEN WE ARE NOT COMPOSING VERSE! WE CITIZEN JOUNRNALISTS WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ROTHFUS THAT INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY! WHAT DID ROTHFUS DO FOR FEMA DURING KATRINA?


J.D. Prose covers government and politics for the Beaver County Times.

Critz hopes Medicare scare is Rothfus' Achilles' heel

  • Posted: Friday, June 8, 2012 12:36 pm | Updated: 3:07 pm, Sat Jun 9, 2012.

If there was any speculation as to how Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Critz would portray Edgeworth Republican Keith Rothfus in the 12th Congressional District race, it ended last week.

To be fair, Rothfus made it really easy — almost too easy — for Critz after he accepted the endorsement of the Tea Party Express at a rally Thursday in Plum. Talk about giving your opponent a helping hand.
“Millionaire Keith Rothfus” were the first three words in Critz’s press release bashing Rothfus for aligning with the same folks who think the draconian Ryan budget is just peachy.Critz’s focus, however, was on Medicare and how that same Ryan budget “ends Medicare as we know it by turning it into a voucher program, while cutting taxes for the richest Americans.”

As our friends at PoliticsPa.com pointed out Friday, Critz used the same it’s-the-end-of-Medicare-as-we-know-it attack against vanquished primary foe U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire, who supports a balanced budget amendment that critics say would devastate Medicare and Social Security.
Using “the end of Medicare” against a Democrat and a Republican? And, people say there’s no more bipartisanship!
We don’t remember the adjective “millionaire” being slapped before Altmire’s name much, though. That’s because it’s a new dig at Rothfus’ wealth via his wife, who — we were told recently — is a member of the Oliver family with, oddly enough, “Oliver money.”

For the full Pittsburgh effect, you have to say “Oliver money” with raised eyebrows and a knowing look. Kind of like this. See? (Man, we really need video, or at least a sketch artist.)

Sunday, May 6, 2012

DO HOUSE REPUBLICANS VIEW SENIORS ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE AS PART OF THE "FOOD STAMP ECONOMY?"

Western PA Seniors,  Republican policy makers who worship Ayn Rand, will kick you to the curb with a big smile!!    Is it your fault that you have paid your dues and are not as productive as Chinese Fox com workers?  Western PA Middle Class Seniors:  You are a major part of the Western PA economy.  DON'T LET EXTREMIST HOUSE REPUBLICANS FORGET THAT!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

LOBBYIST ALTMIRE: DANCING TOO CLOSE TO BIG HEALTHCARE FOR THE GOOD OF THE WESTERN PA MIDDLE CLASS


It's BIG HEALTHCARE versus your Medicare.  We've included a link describing a  situation at  Westmoreland Hospital, at which 141 patients allegedly were fraudulently implanted with cardiacstents.  Coincidentally, these two physicians lived in Lobbyist Altmire's district.  These docs did about 40% of all stent cases at Westmoreland Hospital in 2010.   So the question is why hasn't Lobbyist Altmire attacked this kind of Medicare fraud and abuse right in his own backyard?  Is Lobbyist Altmire too close to Big Healthcare for your good?  

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

DOES LOBBYIST ALTMIRE HAVE THE COURAGE TO CUT THE FEDERAL DEFICIT??? OUR ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN SOURCE SAYS NO!!

Our source in the Rothfus campaign sneers at Atlmire's support of the balanced budget amendment and his desire to cut Medicare costs and benefits.  This Rothfus operative told us that the deficit grows while Atlmire continues to attend fund-raisers with BIG HEALTHCARE!   Our source tells us that Altmire doesn't have the guts ( he used another word) to make real deficit cuts.  This source also told us that he did not believe the NRCC had made a deal for his candidate to just go through the motions and later Altmire would switch parties.  

LOBBYIST ALTMIRE: DO YOU SUPPORT THE RYAN BUDGET? IT WANTS TO TRIM MEDICARE COSTS, TOO LIKE YOU LECTURED OBAMA IN 2010! AT LEAST RYAN HAS IDEAS! WHAT IS THE ALTMIRECARE PLAN TO TRIM MEDICARE COSTS?

Ryan Budget Under Attack : Roll Call News

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

WHY DOES LOBBYIST ALTMIRE SUPPORT THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT: HE DOESN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS.


A balanced budget requires our Representative to get his hands dirty.  He either has to cut Medicare benefits for our seniors or cut the profit margins of Big Healthcare.  Defense spending may need to be cut.  Taxes may need to be raised on those that can afford tax increases.  These are all difficult decisions, which may have unintended devastatingly bad consequences.   Lobbyist Altmire hates difficult decisions.  He would rather some Super Committee dictate what he must  do.  Do we really need a representative who wants to hide behind a Balanced Budget amendment to get the job done for us?   

Saturday, March 10, 2012

AT YOUR WHITE HOUSE MEETING WITH OBAMA IN THE WINTER OF 2010, LOBBYIST ALTMIRE, WHAT DID YOU MEAN THAT OBAMACARE DID NOT CUT MEDICARE COSTS ENOUGH? WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO CUT MEDICARE COSTS? WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SENIORS-YOU'RE NEXT!!


Our avid senior readers really want to know what, Mr. Altmire,   you told the President  about their Medicare at your White House   meeting as reported on by The Washington Post and their able journalists who did graduate from journalism school.  

WE WANT IN ON THE ALTMIRECARE MEDICARE COST SHIFTING RACKET THAT BENEFITS BIG HEALTHCARE AND THE ATLMIRE CAMPAIGN WARCHEST AT THE EXPENSE OF WESTERN PA SENIORS!!!

We want to get in on the Altmirecare  Medicare "reform"  racket.  Let's move the age eligibility for Medicare to 75.  This will save the nation a ton of dough.  But it will also make BIG HEALTHCARE a ton of dough because the costs will be shifted to private individuals and employers.  Guess what:  a stent job done by Medicare costs a lot less than a stent job done privately.  So saving money for the nation puts the cost burden back to  struggling  Western Pa middle class seniors  but improves the profit margins of Big Healthcare.  Improving the profit margins of Big Healthcare grows the Atlmire campaign war chest at the expense of the Western PA Middle Class!!

Friday, March 2, 2012