Jun 21, 2012 - Americaʼs financial stability is like standing in front of a tornado and ... afternoons on American Fami
Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom
Health Freedom Minute June 21, 2012
Medicare's Biggest Problem - The Elderly Many say Medicare can be saved by cutting payments to doctors, rationing care and putting seniors into Medicare Advantage HMOs. But a new federal chart shows thatʼs not going to work. The real problem is people growing old. The advance of 77 million aging babyboomers is sinking the Medicare ship. The chart shows up to 75 percent of the growth in federal spending for health care is because people are aging, not because of rising costs. The program intended for the elderly is being sunk by the elderly. So simply thinking cost cutting will protect Americaʼs financial stability is like standing in front of a tornado and throwing stones to stop it. “The 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook,” Congressional Budget Office, June 2012. (SEE PAGE 15)
Presented daily by Twila Brase, President, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom. The Health Freedom Minute is now heard in 37 states: Mornings M-Th at AM1280 (The Patriot) in MN and 91.5 AM WHKC (FreedomFM) in OH, afternoons on American Family Radio, and daily on the Bott Radio Network. CCHF ● 161 St. Anthony Ave. ● Suite 923 ● St. Paul, MN 55103 ● 651-646-8935 ● www.cchfreedom.org CCHF supports patient and doctor freedom, medical innovation, and the right of citizens to a confidential patient-doctor relationship.
