In the article "Republicans defend mailers by insurers", the Republican party was defending the insurance companies right to send mail to the elderly about health care reform topics. The mailed items contained information about how some of the medicare coverages would be cut for elderly and some disabled Americans. Obama spoke out openly against these mailed items by claiming that they have no right to send controversial information to seniors about what is going to be cut from their medicare option. He claimed that medicare users currently get fourteen percent more coverage than the traditional pay-for-service plans by insurance companies, and this percent would become closer with a plan, but no services for the elderly would be cut. The Republican party, in response to Obama's outcry claimed that it was perfectly okay for the insurance companies to send this information about the health care reform to elderly citizens who may lose coverage. Which according to Obama, as previosuly stated, they would be losing around fourteen percent. I believe that Obama had no right to threaten the insurance companies as he did. It is a matter of freedom of speech, they are completely able to send out information to citizens involving what is going to happen if a reform is instituted.
Full article can be found at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-medicare23-2009sep23,0,3526451.story
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