Seniors' Health Care Bill of Rights

Obama, his comrades in Congress, liberal media mouthpieces, and the Dem minions insist that Republicans do not want to reform health care.

That's completely false, a lie.

WASHINGTON -- The Republican National Committee (RNC) today unveiled a new national television ad highlighting its Seniors’ Bill of Rights, which specifies six protections that must be part of any effort to reform health care. The web video, entitled “Seniors’ Bill of Rights,” can be viewed here:

"Republicans strongly support common-sense health care reform that would lower health care costs, preserve quality, keep families and doctors in charge of health care decisions, and end frivolous lawsuits. However, the first measure of any comprehensive health care reform must be to first do no harm, especially to seniors. The time has come for President Obama and Congressional Democrats to scrap their plans for a government-run health care experiment and join Republicans in agreeing on these important health care protections for seniors."

– RNC Chairman Michael Steele

Republicans believe reforms to America's health care system are necessary, but reform should be incremental and should first do no harm -- especially to our seniors. And we oppose raiding Medicare to pay for Obama's new health care experiment.

America's senior citizens deserve access to quality health care and coverage that will not bankrupt them. That's why the Republican Party is calling for Congress to adopt a Seniors' Health Care Bill of Rights.

The the Republican Party's Seniors' Health Care Bill of Rights is straightforward. It calls for:

---Protecting Medicare and not cutting it in the name of "health care reform;"

---Prohibiting government from getting between seniors and their doctors;

---Outlawing any effort to ration health care based on age;

---Preventing government from interfering with end-of-life care discussions;

---Ensuring seniors can keep their current coverage; and,

---Protecting veterans by preserving Tricare and other benefit programs for military families.

It's quite simple really: Republicans want to keep seniors and doctors in charge of health care choices -- not a new government-run entitlement that raises costs, increases regulations and limits choice like the Obama Democrats' plan.

Don't believe it when Obama and his sycophants say that Republicans and other opponents of ObamaCare are for the status quo and not interested in reform.

Nothing could be further from the truth.