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Medicare ‘Myth Busters’ at Work in WYO

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Monday, August 17, 2009   

Cheyenne, WY - Senior citizens in Wyoming and across the country are volunteering as "myth busters" in the debate over federal health care reform. The volunteers with AARP are attempting to help people understand health care reform proposals amid allegations that the plan will ration care and reduce Medicare benefits.

AARP Wyoming president Les Engelter says their office has received several calls from those 65 and older who are concerned about what they've heard. The good news, he says, is that the only Medicare issues in the federal proposals on health care are beneficial to seniors, such as narrowing the "doughnut hole" in prescription coverage.

"Medicare is really being protected. If there are changes, there are going to be positive changes made."

Engelter says another benefit for Medicare includes an after-hospitalization care component to try to curtail the high re-admission rate for those who have been treated at a hospital.

"This should help them make that transition to home, whereby their medications can be monitored, proper food, proper care, and the time to recover."

AARP says the claims that health care reform will lead to socialized medicine is another myth. As the organization explains it, Congress is preserving the employer-based system for most people while offering an option for those turned down by private insurance companies, or those who cannot afford private market offerings. Even with those rebuttals, opponents cite concerns about cost and say the plans being considered do nothing to control rising medical expenses.

More about the AARP's "myth busters" project at www.healthactionnow.org.




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