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Seniors May Face Death While Waiting for Treatment

Despite the fact that an overwhelming majority of seniors “Medicare-for-All” scheme (the most popular plan)
favor the current Medicare system as it is, most Democrat would increase government health care spending by $32.6
politicians have joined in support of having the federal trillion over 10 years.
government add 270 million additional Americans, regardless Clearly, that would require historic tax increases. And
of age, into the Medicare system virtually overnight.
those affected the most by higher taxes would be those
What this means for seniors when 475% more people on fixed incomes, which translates into higher taxes for
are added to seniors’ Medicare is rationing of their health seniors. The choice for many seniors may very well come
care, sky high premiums, 3-6 month long waits to see a down to food and rent or life-saving surgery.
doctor or schedule surgery, and probably Death Panels.
Here are just a few example of how socialized health
As FedUp PAC has pointed out, when 325.7 million care has failed around the world:
people (every U.S. citizen and an additional 10 to 20 million • Canada – “Canadians travel to the United States and
illegals) are all competing for the same limited number pay out of pocket for treatments and procedures, as
of doctors, nurses, hospital beds, medical examinations,
and life-saving surgeries, the Medicare program would be they feel the wait in Canada is too long and harmful
overwhelmed and crash. to their health.”
- Sally Pipes, President of the Pacific Research Institute,
That’s why FedUp PAC has taken a leading role in December 19, 2011.
BRANDING the Democrats’ “Medicare-for-All” scheme • England – “In May of 2018, an astonishing 4.3
as life-threatening to seniors. million people in the U.K. were on waiting lists for

Having produced and distributed a special SENIOR surgery. By the end of the year, it was estimated
VOTER ALERT BRANDING card and issue that as many as 30,000 English citizens died while
backgrounder, FedUp PAC is currently working to get waiting for treatment.”
these vitally important voter educational materials into the - Forbes, October 1, 2018
hands of America’s voting senior population in key 2020 • Venezuela – “The Pharmaceutical Federation of
battleground states. Venezuela estimates the country is suffering from an
Already, targeted postal and email campaigns have 85 percent shortage of medicine.”
been produced alerting conservative senior voters about - NPR, February 1, 2018
the dangers and fallout of a “Medicare-for-All” scheme. • Cuba – “If they [Cuban citizens] do have to go to the
hospital, they must bring their own bed sheets, soap,
Yet, more needs to be done.
towels, food, and light bulbs – even toilet paper.
Future plans call for additional targeted marketing And basic medications are scarce . . . Doctors have
postal and email efforts, producing videos, and background been known to reuse latex gloves . . . the shortage of
documentation, along with possible TV and radio ads doctors on the island is acute.”
should funding be available. - National Review, July 11, 2007

Democrats’ “Medicare-for-All” Plan will It is clear that the Democrats are not leveling with
Destroy Medicare, Ration Seniors’ Health seniors or the American public about the deadly impact
Care, and Abolish Private Insurance “Medicare-for-All” would have on them.
Readers of My FedUp Voice are urged to go to FedUp The truth is, seniors will have to brace themselves for
PAC’s webpage and order some of our SENIOR VOTER shortages, additional rationing, and higher costs for services
ALERT BRANDING cards to help educate voters about if a Democrat-controlled Congress expands Medicare to
the dangers of a “Medicare-for-All” plan. 325 – 350 million plus Americans and illegal aliens.
The fact is, even without adding every American Help get the word out about the deadly consequences
into the existing Medicare system, the Medicare program of a “Medicare-for-All” scheme by going to the FedUp
faces a 75-year unfunded liability in excess of $30 trillion PAC webpage (www.fedup.org) and ordering some of
according to a 2015 Heritage Foundation report. our SENIOR VOTER ALERT BRANDING cards and
And according to a 2018 study by the Mercatus Center passing them out to family, friends, co-workers, fellow
at George Mason University, Senator Bernie Sanders’ churchgoers, and others.

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