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Obama for America Releases New Television Ad: Facts

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For Immediate Release: Friday, August 17, 2012

Contact: Obama for America Press (312) 985-1198

Obama for America Releases New Television Ad: Facts

CHICAGO -- Mitt Romney continues to mislead the American people about President Obamas

record on Medicare and skip the truth about his own plan to eliminate the guarantee of Medicareand provide people with a voucher to buy health care instead. To set the record straight, Obama for

America is releasing a new television advertisement today titled Facts that cuts through the Romney

campaign's false and hypocritical attacks. Governor Romney cynically claims that Obamacare

weakened Medicare solvency, when in fact the exact opposite is true. The President has extended the

life of the program by nearly a decade. If Romney had his way, it would run out of money by

2016. The Presidents health care law eliminates insurance company subsidies, and cracks down on

waste and fraud in Medicare saving $716 billion and doesnt cut a single guaranteed Medicare

benefit. Congressman Ryan included the same savings in his budget, which Romney called

marvelous and said hed sign into law.

The nonpartisan AARP says the health care reform law strengthens Medicare by extending its

solvency and cracking down on fraud and wasteful subsides to insurance companies. And the AARP

also said that the Ryan plan would undermine Medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors. In

fact, the Romney-Ryan vouchers would eliminate Medicares guaranteed benefits and could raise

health costs by up to $6,400 per year. Thats hardly the formula for moving America forward.

Facts will air in New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado &

Nevada.

Please clickHERE to watch the new ad.

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VO:

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VO:

Mitt Romneys attacking the President on

MEDICARE?

Visual:

Washington Post

8/14/12Romney turns Medicare attack against Obama

in new ad

MITT ROMNEY IS ATTACKING THE

PRESIDENT ON MEDICARE

Washington Post Headline: Romney Turns

Medicare Attack Against Obama In New Ad

[Washington Post, 8/14/12]

Romney Has Launched An Ad That

Goes On Offense Against Obama On

Medicare. As Democrats move to tie Mitt

Romney to his newly minted running mates

proposal to revamp Medicare as a voucher

system for Americans currently under 55,

the presumptive Republican presidential

nominee has released a new TV ad that goes

on offense against Obama on Medicare.

[Washington Post, 8/14/12]

VO:

The nonpartisan A-A-R-P says Obamacare

cracks down on Medicare fraud, waste and

abuseand strengthens guaranteed benefits...

Visual:

AARP

cracks down on Medicare fraud, waste and

abusestrengthens guaranteed benefits in Medicare

6/28/12

3/19/10

AARP: OBAMACARE CRACKS DOWN

ON MEDICARE FRAUD, WASTE, AND

ABUSE AND STRENGTHENS

GUARANTEED BENEFITS

AARP:The Affordable Care Act Cracks

Down On Medicare Fraud, Waste, And

Abuse. The ACA also expands the number of

people eligible for free preventive and wellnessbenefits, and cracks down on Medicare fraud,

waste and abuse. [AARP Press Release,

6/28/12]

AARP: The Affordable Care Act Protects

And Strengthens Guaranteed Benefits In

Medicare. The legislative package [the

Affordable Care Act] cracks down on insurance

company abuses and protects and strengthens

guaranteed benefits in Medicare, the programmillions of our members depend on and in

which millions more will soon enroll. It closes

the dreaded Medicare Part D doughnut hole, a

gap in prescription drug coverage that is

life-threatening for many. And it improves

efforts to crack down on fraud and waste in


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Medicare, strengthening the program for todays

seniors and future generations. [AARP Press

Release, 3/10/12]

VO:

The Ryan plan?

Visual:

The Ryan Plan?

VO:

AARP says it would undermine Medicare

and could lead to higher costs for seniors.

Visual:

would undermine the market power of

Medicare and could lead to higher costs for

seniors

THE AARP SAID THAT RYANS PLAN

WOULD UNDERMINE MEDICARE

AARP: The House Republican Budget

Would Undermine The Market Power Of

Medicare And Lead To Higher Costs For

Seniors. On behalf of over 38 million

members and other Americans who are age 50and older, AARP is writing to express serious

concerns with the House Concurrent Resolution

on the Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013. While

the House Republican budget proposal offers

ideas for confronting our nation's deficits and

debt, AARP believes the proposal lacks balance,

jeopardizes the health and economic security of

older Americans, and puts at risk the bipartisan

agreement on FY 2013 discretionary spending

levels included in last years Budget ControlAct. The plan fails to realize the negotiating

power of Medicare and its impact on lowering

costs for the Medicare program such as in Part

D of the program. Converting Medicare to a

series of private options would undermine the

market power of Medicare and could lead to

higher costs for seniors. [A. Barry Rand,

AARP, Letter To Members of Congress,

3/21/12]

VO:

And experts say his voucher plan could raisefuture retirees costs more than six

THOUSAND dollars.

Visual:

Raise seniors costs by $6,400 a year

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 4/8/11

RYANS VOUCHER PLAN COULD RAISE

RETIREES COSTS BY MORE THAN SIX

THOUSAND DOLLARS

Center On Budget And Policy Priorities:

Under Ryans Plan, Seniors On Medicare

Would Pay $6,350 More In Out-Of-Pocket


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Costs By 2022. [Center on Budget and Policy

Priorities, Off the Charts blog, 4/8/11]

Under The House Republican Budget,

Seniors Would End Up Paying Almost

Twice As Much Out Of Their Own

Pockets. When House Budget CommitteeChairman Paul D. Ryan unveiled his

blueprint this week for cutting federal

spending by $5.8 trillion over the next

decade, he argued that a revamping of the

government's health safety net would rein in

skyrocketing costs. But because commercial

insurers cost more to run than government

plans, the Wisconsin Republican's proposal

to privatize Medicare starting in 2022 would

actually spark a dramatic increase in how

much the nation spends on healthcare for theelderly, according to an independent analysis

by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget

Office. Even as the federal government cut

its own spending, seniors would end up

paying almost twice as much out of their

own pockets or more than $12,510 a year,

the CBO estimates This voucher system

or premium support, as Ryan calls it

would give the typical 65-year-old American

$8,000 annually to buy a health plan, aboutthe same amount of money that analysts

expect the Medicare program would spend

on that senior in 2022 under the current

program. But the cost to buy private

insurance, plus the projected out-of-pocket

spending that the 65-year-old would have to

pay for medical care in 2022, would total

about $20,510 per year, according to the

CBO, which both Republicans and

Democrats rely on to independently evaluate

the effects of proposed legislation. Thatwould leave the senior to pay the difference,

an estimated $12,510. By comparison, if the

current Medicare program is continued, the

CBO estimated that it would cost about

$14,770 to provide insurance to that same

65-year old in 2022, assuming Congress did


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not dramatically slash payments to doctors.

That would leave the senior to pay just

$6,150 out of pocket. [Los Angeles Times,

4/7/11]

VO:

Get the facts.

Visual:

Get the Facts:

MedicareFacts.com

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