(Oct 23, 2009) Rep. Broun claims that Medicare is "unconstitutional" and should be replaced with vouchers that could be redeemed with private health insurance companies.
Broun has dubbed his bill the "OPTION Act", or Offering Patients True Individualized Options Now.
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Broun's bill would replace government benefits with vouchers that could be spent on private insurance or put in tax-free medical savings accounts.
"We've got to fix Medicare," he said. "It's headed in a direction that's unsustainable."
Broun, R-Athens, long has held that entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security are unconstitutional, although he has said he wants to reform rather than eliminate such programs.
And Social Security is unconstitutional as well?
Amazing! This guy should be the mascot for the Teabaggers.
The AARP has responded thus:
"Vouchers would force current or future beneficiaries into an individual insurance market without any guarantee of coverage or assurance of affordability, which runs counter to the very healthcare improvements for which AARP has been advocating for Americans of all ages," Brown said in an e-mail.
The privatization of everything. What could possibly go wrong?