Senior Scare Tactics

August 17, 2009

Well, our Highway to Health Care Reform Tour has been on the road for a week, and judging from our Facebook page, it's been a big success so far (don't forget to suggest it to your friends).

We did want to share a story with you, though. On Saturday in Omaha, a retiree approached us wanting to make sure that health care reform wouldn't affect the quality of care he receives through Medicare. We assured him that it wouldn't, and that we were the very same folks fighting to protect the quality of Social Security and Medicare from privatization attempts by the right.

But it brings up the issue of the smears and scare tactics that the anti-reform crowd is using to derail health care reform. The Alliance for Retired Americans has devoted a section of its website to bust the myths and clear the air. Check it out.