How Government-Run Health Care Will Reduce Health Care Benefits You Currently Receive

"Maurice Engleman, 82 ... says the controversial Medicare Advantage program ... helped him beat cancer ... Engleman, who was diagnosed with tongue cancer last year ... [said,] ‘I don't believe Medicare would have taken care of the kind of services I required.'"

MANY OF YOUR FELLOW LOW-INCOME SENIORS BENEFIT FROM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ...

Nearly Half Of Seniors Like You On Medicare Advantage Have "Incomes Below $20,000." "Among Medicare beneficiaries in all areas (regardless of whether a Medicare Advantage plan was available), 18 percent were enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans. Forty-eight percent of beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage plans had incomes below $20,000. For comparison, 44 percent of all Medicare beneficiaries in the original fee-for-service program had incomes below $20,000."

Medicare Advantage Growing And "Making Extra Benefits Available" To More Of Your Fellow Seniors. "The relatively generous payment system for Medicare Advantage has encouraged greater plan participation in recent years, significantly expanding the number of private plans offered throughout the country and making extra benefits available to more beneficiaries."

BUT OBAMA'S CUTS TO MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WILL REDUCE YOUR HEALTH CARE BENEFITS

Your Medicare Advantage Program Is Obama's Top Target When It Comes To Paying For His Health Care Experiment. "The biggest savings he proposes, $177 billion, would come from having insurance companies bid for government reimbursements for offering private plans, known as Medicare Advantage, to senior citizens."

• Obama Blasts Medicare Advantage As "Costly And Redundant." "About 10.2 million Medicare recipients are in Medicare Advantage ... the government pays insurers a set amount per Medicare beneficiary. Obama ridiculed it as costly and redundant ...."

And Obama's Cuts To Medicare Advantage Will Reduce Your Benefits. "Mr. Obama has repeatedly said, ‘Nobody is talking about cutting Medicare benefits.' At the same time, he wants to eliminate what he describes as ‘unwarranted subsidies' and giveaways to private Medicare Advantage plans, which use some of the money to provide extra benefits."