Florida Gov. Rick Scott Tries to Get 20 Seniors to Bash the ACA, Gets Completely Embarrassed Instead

[TexasTowelie]

Every time I write anything about Florida’s Governor Rick Scott, I still can’t believe this guy won his election. It’s bad enough he was CEO of a company that was found guilty of defrauding hundreds of millions of dollars from Medicare. One would think that would have disqualified him from having any chance at winning, but he rode the tea party crazy train in 2010 to victory.

Needless to say, his first term as governor has been an absolute embarrassment.

And the embarrassments continued to pile up recently when Scott tried to get a group of 20 seniors to bash the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”), but instead got mostly praise about President Obama’s signature health care law.

“I’m completely satisfied,” Harvey Eisen, 92, a West Boca resident, told Scott.

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[DeSwiss]

1. K&R

- Love the pic too!



And one elderly lady made an absolutely great point:

“We’re all just sitting here taking it for granted that because we have Medicare we don’t want to lose one part of it. That’s wrong to me. I think we have to spread it around. This is the United States of America. It’s not the United States of senior citizens,” Rubin said. Though I think it’s vital that we ensure our elderly have access to health care, the point she seemed to be trying to make is that it’s unfair to support the socialized medical program for seniors (that’s very popular with those seniors by the way) while condemning a law which aims to provide access to health care for Americans of all ages.

[LittleGirl]

6. ^^^^This!

I've had to ask one of my military retirees that still works as well, how come you're entitled to the best health care but no other citizens are?

Shut him down.

[TexasProgresive]

2. Are Medicare eligible people under the ACA?

I was under the impression that people covered by Medicare were out of the ACA loop since they are insured-just like ACA does not affect me as I am insured through my employment.

If I am right Scott was asking the wrong group of people.

[Swede Atlanta]

3. The ACA does address some shortcomings in Medicare.....

I believe the biggest one was to help, not completely eliminate, the problem with the donut hole in Medicare Rx coverage.

But you are correct that in general things like doctor visits, diagnostic tests, hospitalization, etc. are covered under Medicare Parts A and B for which those over age 65 qualify.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. No. But the right is using scare tactics that the ACA raids Medicare...

[jeff47]

5. The ACA made some changes to Medicare and Medicare Advantage

That was the basis for Republicans screaming "Obama cut your Medicare!!!" in 2010.

[DeSwiss]

7. According to the original article.....

...in the Sun-Sentinel, Scott was out trolling for horror stories by telling people that Obamacare was causing cuts in Medicare:

Gov. Rick Scott visited a senior center Tuesday to warn about cuts he said Obamacare is forcing in a popular version of the Medicare health program and to collect their horror stories.

What he found was a satisfied group with few complaints.

The 20 seniors assembled for a roundtable with Scott at the Volen Center were largely content with their Medicare coverage and didn’t have negative stories to recount.

And some praised Obamacare – a program that Scott frequently criticizes.

“I’m completely satisfied,” Harvey Eisen, 92, a West Boca resident, told Scott.

Eisen told the governor he wasn’t sure “if, as you say,” there are Obamacare-inspired cuts to Medicare. But even if there are, that would be OK. “I can’t expect that me as a senior citizen are going to get preferential treatment when other programs are also being cut.”