AMAC chief Dan Weber asks ‘just how far will he go to win a second term’ -
BOHEMIA, NY, July 13 – “Jeff Anderson of The Weekly Standard has scored another scoop. Last May, he exposed a hidden feature of Obamacare – a taxpayer-funded $8.5 billion scheme to cover up the likely loss of supplemental Medicare Advantage coverage for seniors. Now, he’s gotten hold of a letter from the General Accounting Office that the GAO is concerned about the legality of what Anderson called ‘Obama’s Senior Swindle’,” said Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens.
The president needs seniors to vote for him if he is to win re-election, Weber pointed out. “That’s why he can’t afford to let them know that he’s tricking them. By using this so called demonstration project, Mr. Obama is delaying big increases in Medicare Advantage premiums until after the election. Otherwise many seniors will protest the expected increases by denying his reelection.”
Weber explained that the increases are the result of changes from provisions in Obamacare “and that’s why he’s willing to spend your big bucks to keep his little secret under wraps. Just how far is he willing to go to win a second term?”
In his article this week in the Standard, Anderson writes: “in a letter to [Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen] Sebelius dated July 11, 2012 and obtained by THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Lynn Gibson, the GAO’s general counsel, writes that the GAO remains “concerned” about the administration’s “legal authority to undertake the demonstration.”
The demonstration referred to in the letter was described by Anderson this way in his May article: “[the administration] launched an $8.35 billion ‘demonstration project’ to postpone the vast majority of Obamacare’s Medicare Advantage cuts until after what Obama likes to call his ‘last election’. In truth, this isn’t really a demonstration project at all. It’s something closer to the opposite: an attempt to keep Obamacare’s effects from being demonstrated until it’s too late for voters to respond.”
The GAO also questioned the scope of the demonstration project, according to Anderson, noting “that there have been 85 other Medicare demonstration projects conducted in the 17 years since 1995. According to the GAO, Obama’s $8.35 billion gambit will cost more than all 85 other Medicare demonstration projects combined.
AMAC has posted Anderson’s article on its Website.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Dan Weber and Jeffrey Anderson are available for telephone interviews on this issue. Please contact John Grimaldi at 917-846-8485 or jpgrimaldi@verizon.net to set up a chat.
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Will someone please tell me on what pages the death squads are on in the Obamacare. If I am reading the coments correctly my doctor has to go before a board of 8 doctors to determin if I live or die. It’s a simple request.
What’s the old saying,”you get what you paid for”. Those of you who wanted change never thought of the big dollars you had just to wind up with change. I tell everyone I meet that if you want to complain, then vote. I hope that everyone does just that, vote this election if you never vote again. Your real change depends on it. And before you vote, pray. Believe it or not, God still cares.
Was about to join AMAC until I read the hateful comments and deliberate distortions written here.
Karen – What are you talking about??? What hateful distortions and comments has AMAC written?
the gray panthers are needed oncemore
I have forwarded this on to all in my e-mail address book. Seniors could be a turning point in this election if they just get out and vote. It is truly sad how so many people have been and continue to be fooled by Obama. He is doing everything in his power to destroy our country. This fool has visited other middle east countries, but has not gone to Israel which is our ally. That is such a shame. I am most afraid for my children and my 2 young grandsons. What kind of future will they have to look forward to. The American dream is dying!
For many years this country – management and regular citizens – have been following the path that led Rome to destruction. Now because of greed and an elected president who goes around the laws when he doesn’t get his way we are even closer. Rather than respecting citizens who are enjoying retirement years, the government is looking for ways to eliminate them using age as a criteria for medical treatment.
Why did people not select the one presidential candidate who actually has lived life, who understands laws and rules and that everyone should follow them?
Why did they select an almost unknown man who can not even be honest about himself? Has acquisition of money become so important that laws don’t matter? Is it so important to be liked by everyone that negative action has to be hidden within an otherwise positive presentation?
Why can’t an office-holder be impeached? Is it because the immediate replacement is also incompetent? Or does the lazy populace really want a socialistic government
Why can’t people see thru this phony. Look at him. He isn’t a negro, like a lot of people who voted for him thought. Look at his facial structures, compare him to his wife. He’s a Saudi – a Muslim, and he’s out to ruin the USA. We’ve had incompetence on both sides of the aisle for decades, but we’ve never had a president who’s deliberately trying to wreck the USA – this guy is. Think about this: The Qu’ran says that if you’re a devout Muslim and you convert to Christianity, you’re an Infidel and supposed to be killed. Obama was born a Muslim, raised a Muslim, schooled a Muslim, and just a few years ago he supposedly converted to Chrisitanity. If he truly converted to Christianity then why is he still alive?? Just a basic question among many, many more that are unanswered about this phony. How did a foreign student, poor as a churchmouse, come to this country, go to the best & most high-priced schools, then between his jr & sr years in college take a world tour visiting 5 different countries – who paid for that???. Then after graduation goes to very expensive grad school and upon graduating takes a job as a community organizer for @ $13,000 / yr, and soon after purchases a house worth $1.6 million. THE MATH DON’T WORK THE STORIES DON’T FIT – HE’S A PHONY – HE’S A PLANT – HE’S OUT TO TAKE DOWN AMERICA !!! AMERICA BETTER WAKE UP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!!!!!
i have read klein”s “amateur” and limbaugh”s “destroyer”, and your comment is right in there as a perceptive point of view. nice work. two bears.
Without MSM (ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN/MSNBC/PBS/NPR) along with NY Times, etc, Obama’s socialist Progressive minions in DC/Chicago/NY could not have their agenda pushed upon us and over the airways and in print 24/7 (as though it’s Truth). If you want to have an effect cut Obama’s communication lines!
We got a $200,000 a year corporate advertiser to stop using our liberal rag simply by emailing corporate “contact us” contact avenues. We just told them to spread their ad buys around and quit bankrolling this MSM’s outrageous daily lies. This corporate headquarters thanked us profusely. Just Do it!
I think the nation needs to know that this guy wants a Socialistic/Progressive/Communist society where the government decides who gets to survive or di
Finally someone agrees wiyh what I;ve been saying even before he was elected.
I for one am just afraid NOV. will be too late. He is signing treaties that we can’t get out of.
I agree with Mr. Downen. AARP won’t be the only pig at the trough.
It makes me so sick when I hear about all those people lapping up all that BS that he dishes out on a daily basis and they contribute thousands to his endless campaign. He hasn’t said a word about all the people in Syria who have been murdered almost on a daily basis. He’s too busy soaking up the spotlight. He will do anything to win! I sure hope Romney comes out clean with this Bain Capitol thing. Obama’s thugs are really doing a number on him.
There seems to be and endless list of lies, misrepresentations, distortions and raw abuses of power by this administration (it is hard for me to use the word “President”). What I now fear the most is the future being decided by an election being stolen by this administration that will stoop to the lowest level, pull any trick, tell any lie, smear any opposition to achieve their purpose. I can think of no greater threat to this country and a very clear and present danger to all we hold dear unless we stop this machine dead in its tracks….now!
Amen!
I couldn’t have said it better! This guy must go!
We as a country have never been subjected to such an apparent take over of our freedom our country. Americans shoud have had an idea of what was to come when they elected a man that no one knew anything about. And what was known was hidden by his people and the media. Now we know why the truth was hidden. It is not to late to repair the damage that has been done. And he has done much damage in the three and a half years he has “ruled”.
We need to get the respect of our country back and the only way is to stand up for what we believe in.
Truth, which obama does’t have in him, backbone , he lacks that also, and remember that the people in government are elected and work for US.
People we have to let others know that we and our country are in extreme danger of letting a man that hates not only our country but most of the people that live here, turn us into a third world country. That is his goal. He has already hurt our economy, our military, and he is going to destroy our health care.
Think!
Connie the sad thing is I try to let people know half of what is going on. Democrats do not want to hear it. They think Obama is telling the truth and he is a wonderful man. That is the scary part I am sad to say.
All the lies the popular media avoids are in INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY. They despise obama. (lower case deliberate!) And many of us seniors do, too. When he was called a community organizer, I knew immediately he was and is a communist. How else can they destroy America successfully if not from within!!! College professors should be removed and give 20 years hard labor for brainwashing the college students who have no idea what communism is or how those unfortunate people have lived because of it. I remember seeing pix in the newspapers of Russian women standing on line to buy food….after the war had been over for many years! Is this enticing???!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr. Chambers AARP is not only a sales platform for OVERPRICED insurance they also lobby against the interests of seniors, those over 55??. Many of their written stories are tied into misinformation favoring types of insurance and companies advertising in their magazine. It in fact seems to me that the entire AARP is owned by United Insurance and is their entree into the over 55 population for marketing purposes. I have not had anything to do with them for 10 years. The new guys Amac do not seem to be dominated by anyone and are trying to inform their members instead of selling them one thing or another.
Seems to be confirmed that there are 21 new taxes [call that leeches] that will jump us once Obamacare is in full force. Has anyone determined what thery are and listed them to the light of day? Have heard that one of them is homeowners are going to get a real kick in the pants as one of those 21 leeches. When a home is sold there will be a 13% sales tax due the Federal government – all of which will be to support Obamacare – yeah – right! – say me such a law isn’t true.
The law is true, except the penalty tax for selling your home will be 3.8% and I believe that will be after the end of the year 2012. So hang onto your hat for the winds of taxation are forthcoming!!!!
Jerry, I have heard this from so many but have yet to actually find it in the bill. can you tell me where it can be found. I have many senior friends who say they will change the way they vote if I can show this to them. I dont bash anyone who doesnt deserve it, but this man is out to destroy what we have worked so hard to build. He is making America into the communist party we all fought so hard against.
Thank you
Don’t just cancel AARP do what I did call tell them you need the balance of your membership fees refunded. Got mine back.
What is this, another web site where one’s comment may or may not show up?
I am NOT a fan of AARP, though I am a member. To me, it’s an “elderly” (55 years old is “elderly”?) insurance sales organization. heavily relying on the “beautiful people” of the liberal Hollywood crowd to hawk their wares. I am also a member of AMAC. Unfortunately, I see little difference between the two, EXCEPT AMAC does not have the “pull” of AARP.
Well Herman the predominant reason I joined AMAC was they, unlike AARP were against Obamacare from the get go, and AARP out and out lied about the benefits of Obamacare and I will never forgive them for selling out us elderly folks!
Where is the promise of transparency? It is really ironic that many senior citizens still believe in him.
I am amazed at the number of people in general who have bought into Obama’s lies, deceit and manipulation. The single fact that he had long term ties to terrorist, radical, racist religious leaders was reason enough not to vote for him!! What in God’s name are people thinking? Young people are so taken with his charisma and eloquent speeches, and dare I say, there are SO many older people who are still mesmirized by the man! SNAP OUT OF IT PEOPLE! I am 57 yrs old and I fear that America as we knew and loved it, is being destroyed. I worry about the futures of my kids and grandkids..my first due in November. I pray that when my little grandson is born, I can say Obama was a one term “president”. God help us all.
just finished reading email concerning obamacare. how do we as seniors get this information out to the public. re what obamacare will due to seniors. our reps in congress are not helping us and romney has not covered this subject in depth in his campaign
totally disgusted senior
I have printed out flyers and put them in seniors mail boxes and sent a few by mail.
I hope Mitt Romney and others (TV and radio hosts) inform seniors of this hidden clause in the Obamacare doctrine. I cannot believe the silence of Republicans, Conservatives and Libertarians of the fact that Obama is a liar and not a person not to be trusted in anything he saids or proposes. God Bless American and all her PATRIOTS. Let us all end an ERROR in 2012.
Thank you AMAC for keeping us informed about what the President and his allies are doing to our health care and destroying oun America. As far as AARP is concerned you may consider sending back their cards /advertisements in their postage paid envelopes. This group is not concerned with the seniors but only their bottom line and anti senior agenda.
AMAC obviously needs to do muchy more with this story. I’d never heard of this demonstration program and I’m sure not many people have. AMAC shopuld be pressuring AARP to be notifying its members . They shoulod be in contact with others cxaspable of broad based communication of this progranm and its implications as an ‘election year dirty trick”.
RADIO HOST MARK LEVIN COMES TO MIND AS A PERSON WHO COULD NOT ONLY COMMUNICATE TO A LARGE AUDIENCE BUT HIS FIRM WOULD PERHAPS- IF HE SEES A BASIS AND A REASONABLE CHANCE TO ACHIEVE – SEEK TO CHALLENGE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM.
IN ANY CASE A MAJOR EFFORT TO INFORM AS MANY VOTERS AS POSSIBLE SHOULD BE YOUR OBJECTIVE..
ALL “CONSERVATIVE” MEDIA OUTLETS SHOULD BE MADE FULLY AWARE OF OF THIS DECEPTION CLEARLY INTENDED TO HOODWINK SENIOR VOTERS BY KEEPING INCREASED COST’S IMPACT TIL AFTER THE ELECTION..
I too have sent a letter to AARP telling them I will be leaving them after being a member for 35 years.I also sent emails to my senior freinds about AMAC and the great job they are doing for our grandchildren.
VOTE ROMNEY
Well lets see; first we have tried to stop seniors with voter ID laws, now its lets scare them with hidden costs rumors.What will we do next, break their canes, steal the battery from their hover round, grease the rail around their bath tub? Call Norquist , ask him, he has a plan , of that I’m sure.
Voter I.D. laws are to stop dead voters from voting twice or even once. Seniors almost always HAVE I.D. to prove they’re who they say they are. “Rumors” of hidden costs are provable statements. I couldn’t disagree more with what Larry E. White states as his opinion about Obama and his nefarious schemes.
You are an idiot!
Every senior I’ve ever encountered has always had proper ID when voting or doing anything else. Obama is not trying to scare them just deceive them before the election. You Mr. White would appear to be part of Mr. Obama’s game. Is political Party so important that you feel it necessary to cover-up for this activity at the cost of proper Health Care and Medicare to people who need it most???? Please look in the mirror.
Larry they are hidden costs until after Obama gets elected. Get a clue.
That does it for me. I wish I had known about AMAC long ago. I am cancelling my AARP membership effective today. Keep up the good work, AMAC. I will share your information with everyone on my list – not just Seniors! We need to spread the word!
This needs to be published in every newspaper in the United States. Obama needs to be confronted with this by the media. Romney needs to take up this banner against Obama. We all know that Obama is deceitful, sneaky, underhanded, lying, crook. We need to stop him and his gang of thieving Chicago style thugs.
The problem is that newspapers, along with most other major medias, are in this present administration’s pocket and lie just as much. Why isn’t Romney ‘taking up the banner’ of truth and speaking out? Good question. Of course Romney isn’t the only other candidate running on the ticket. Ron Paul is there too. Why isn’t the media reporting Dr. Paul’s stand on these issues? Probabaly because he speaks truth and isn’t afraid to do so!
Romney has stated in no uncertain terms that he will cancel Obamacare. This would kill ALL undisclosed taxes and money schemes. Yes he should start detailing the specific areas of concern for seniors but it is still early and during summer many are not paying real attention. Hopefully when he rolls out the bulk of his ad. campaign this type of hidden information will be exposed. Until then sent e-mails, talk with friends and encourage awareness. When the exposure by Romney starts it will confirm what individuals have been hearing from friends and sources other then the MSM.
If you do not know by now that the NEWS MEDIA are BIASED (in bed with the GAY MUSLUM ) and will not publish anything NEGATIVE about him, I am very supprised.
The BIG MEDIA GIANTS [ ABC,CBS,NBC,CNN ] will not TELL YOU ANYTHING TRUTHFUL ABOUT obama because BIG PHARMA is also in bed with the GOOBER SMOOCHER and the news media do not want to lose any of their BIG PHARMA ADVERTISING MONEY by making obama look bad.
AMEN, Mr. Cates! I believe this is the first time I have seen your description of Obama in print. Most of the time people innocently say he is inexperienced and an ideologue. That is too kind! The truth is that he knows exactly what he is doing: trying (and currently succeeding) to take over our initiative, lives and fortunes completely for the power and profit it will bring his cronies. Everything he has done and is in the process of doing demonstrates that, i.e., Obamacare, U.N. gun control, allowing government agencies to implement self-determined policies instead of Congress-determined policies, etc., etc. He has learned that if he just goes ahead and does something without going through the proper avenues, he can get away with it. He is nothing but a jumped-up Chicago thug taking his thuggery to new levels. One of the problems we see with trying to solve this is that people don’t seem to see anything wrong if his actions don’t immediately effect them. In other words, it all depends on “whose ox is gored.” They don’t seem to realize that at some point it will be their ox that is gored. Pretty sad, isn’t it?
I am a Republican (closely aligned with the Tea Party ideas), and will for sure vote for Romney even though he was not my favorite. However, I have some qualms with our Republican politicians and some of those other than politicians who claim to be just about ready to get Obama in jail (or some other nasty thing), just like they did with the Clintons, but end up doing nothing but ask for more money. What are they going to do with this bit of information about the Advantage plans?? What are they going to do about all of the illegal stuff that has been going on for 3 1/2 years?? I suspect they will talk about them and as usual, end up doing nothing. We have a bunch of spineless representatives in Washington. Hopefully, at least Fox News will pick up on this, but then again, they will probably let a bunch of left-wing “experts” tear down any idea of calling Obama on it. I am ready for we true conservatives to cecede from America and develope a new America that stands and works for the America our founding fathers visualized. No UN, no AARP, low taxes, cherish States rights, etc, etc. ………..Please keep the “good”? news flowing and maybe enough of it will stick with enough so we can get this crew out of there.
i e-mailed AARP to tell them i would not re-up & was now with AMAC- of cource i did not hear from them, good to be on-board. keep up the good work,
AARP won’t put the word out because they stand to make billions of this Obama scheme. I will not be renewing with AARP either.
If your renewal date hasn’t arrived yet, you can cancel your AARP membership, effective IMMEDIATELY, and ask for a refund of the remainder of your dues, as others have stated that they have done successfully — that would have more of an impact. I wouldn’t want another DIME of my money to be used to support Obama’s re-election.
Has the AMAC sent this information to the media and tried to get them to present it to the public, and if so what was their response? If they refused did they give a reason? Can you let us know which news media you tried to get to present this?
Fermin thinks it’s the responsibility of whistle–blowers to notify the liberal media of what’s news. Do liberal media have no reporters digging for the facts? Wouldn’t those reporters be the ones who learn these facts and broadcast them? To imply that we have to furnish truth to unbelievers in truth is hardly sensible.
read the SC REDNECK reply.
I worry that this kind of information is not getting our to the public. Are efforts being made in this direction?
Some responsibility falls upon US (as the “Paul and Paulette Reveres,” as Mark Levin refers to us) to spread the word to those who might be unaware — take advantage of your technology! — Copy the link to this article, paste it in an email, and start firing it out to everyone on your mailing lists! Get involved! — This is as much a “war” as any other that has threatened our country, and we all have to do our part. ;o)
The problem here is seniors who need to read this will not see it. They are still in AARP getting the liberal line even if they are not liberals.
Try writing to your democrat elected officials about medicare advantage. You get a long letter about how great Obama uncare, but never a word on the question you ask. I have tried it with Sherrod Brown and Betty Sutton.
I for one cannot wait for obama and his minnions to be flushed out of the white house this november
The only ones that will benefit from Obama care is AARP. they will make billions. Seniors 76 Years or older will not receive cancer care. He plans to ration health care. He hates America and everything we stand for. I pray we get him and his anti Americanism out of the White house.
I question the suggestion that ONLY AARP will benefit from Obamacare. That they will is obvious. But are they the only pigs at the trough? I think not. What needs to be broadcast is that we the people will be the losers if Obamacare fully kicks in. We desperately need to elect the RIGHT people into government offices who will kill Obamacare in its entirety.
Amen!
We do need to get us seniors (of all races and walks of life) to understand that AARP only wants our money and to sell insurance. They have never been our friend. However, it is also very important to get this guy out of office along with his gestapo. We are the generation that worked hard to get where we are and it’s being taken away from us. Unfortunately we gave our children everything and now they think the world owes them a living and anything else they can get. They think it’s cool to vote for this guy and pay no attention to what he is doing to their parents or the country. As long as they get something for nothing they think he is great. Not all of our children are like this but a great deal are. We need to unite our seniors to vote this guy out of office…….Our children and grandchildren need to wake up and smell the roses. If they continue to want everything given to them they will unfortunately learn they have lost everything….Judie
This $8.5B scam is not the only scm in ObamaCare for seniors. As Governor Palin correctly pointed out there are the ‘death squads’ that will ration (read deny) needed health care to seniors, and every 5 years those of us on Medicare have to attend ‘end of life counciling’. Then there is the $500B ObamaCare rips out of Medicare to help fund it.
Obama is no friend to senior citizens (or any other group of Americans except for his own inner circle of Chicago cronies). But he still wants to be able to count on our voting for him. For those who don’t understand why AARP sold out its own members, and all senior Americans to support ObamaCare, just follow the money trail. AARP stands to make at least $1B from it by selling supplemential insurance that will not provide much in the way of health care benefits. AARP is also contributing to Obama’s reelection campaign.
Right ON!
Don’t you just LOVE the man we have called our “president” for the last four years?
We need to make sure that every senior in this country gets to vote against Obama this year. He and his Chicago “hoods” have no thought for anyone but themselves. They are already taking over this country if we don’t get him out of office in November. I could see this before the last election so don’t be fooled again if you want to live in the most wonderful country in the world. I also hope they get the immigration mess cleaned up. When I came to this country 44 years ago I had to do it the lawful way and I am a firm believer that that is the way it should be done.
VOTE FOR ROMNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don’t you realize that he wants seniors to vote for him and then he gets rid of them and he has these young’ins to whom he promises the world…………….Remember ber the early days of the Roman Empire!
YES, INDEED….WAKE UP AMERICA…WE ARE IN A WORLD OF HURT.
Congrats on telling the truth about obamacare,aarp is a left wing who supports obamaand is against the 2nd amendment .Keep up the good work.
Charles Stewart
I am so appreciative for the alternative to AARP that your company provides.
e-mail is an economical way of spreading the truth. Keep up the good work.
Just joined and sent an email to my list of seniors. With all the emails that I get I wish I received one about AMAC a long time ago. I think we should all send emails to all seniors on our list to save our grandkids financial future. The push is urgent because of the upcoming election.
Don, I did the same when I joined. I sent an invitation to join AMAC to all my senior friends. Word of mouth (so-to-speak). Let’s encourage everyone to do the same