Kucinich slams Medicare 'dismantling'
From Bend.com news sources
Posted: Thursday, April 15, 2004 8:42 AM
Reference Code: PR-14873
April 15 - Presidential candidate and Ohio Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich, campaigning in Oregon, voiced his concer Thursday his concern over the weakening of the Medicare system by the Bush administration.
"In my judgment, the so-called 'new' Medicare bill passed just before Thanksgiving 2003 was not about reforming Medicare, it was about
dismantling it," says Kucinich. "It is a Republican bait and switch of historic proportions, and if it is allowed to stand, it may well result in the unraveling of Medicare itself."
With early reports estimating that Medicare would run out of funding by 2019 - add that to the federal governments recent push to privatize the Medicare system - states such as Oregon are feeling the pinch of trying to afford basic needs provided by the system.
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