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SENIOR WOMAN:

Medicare has been a lifeline for
so many Minnesota seniors like
me.

But politician Barb Sutter
would join Tea Party
Republicans who support a plan
to endanger Medicare.





Senior woman on camera
Graphic: Frannie Olson,
New Brighton, MN

Senior woman sorting
pills
Graphic: Barb Sutter: Tea
Party Plan to End Medicare
Source: House Journal
9058, 04/25/11







House Republicans Voted For The
Healthcare Compact Bill On Passage.
House Republicans voted for SF1933, the
bill to bring Minnesota into the Health Care
Compact, as it passed the House 70-58 on
April 25, 2011. [House Journal 9058,
04/25/11]

SF1933 Would Have Established
Minnesota As A Member Of The Health
Care Compact. Posted in April 2012,
SF1933 would have established Minnesota
as a member of the Health Care Compact.
[SF1933, 04/27/12]

Mother Jones: The Tea Party Supported
The Health Care Compact. In March 2011
in an article about Tea Party support for the
Health Care Compact Mother Jones wrote,
The vehicle for this reform end run is
called the health care compact, an interstate
compact not very different in theory from
the ones states use to create regional transit
authorities, for instance. Recently, the
nation's largest tea party group, the Tea
Party Patriots, has thrown its weight behind
the concept, seeing it as another way of
downsizing the federal government.
[Mother Jones, 03/29/11]

PolitiFact: The Possibility Of
Endangered Beneficiaries Existed If The
Federal Government Turned Medicare
Over To State Legislatures. In September
2012 in an article about Medicare PolitiFact
wrote, With the revision, we think the
Democrats have a reasonable assertion,
insofar as political endeavors go. If the
federal government turned Medicare over to
the state Legislature's oversight with no
strings attached, as conceivable under the
bill, we're not ready to predict what would
happen. But the possibility of endangered
beneficiaries would be there. [PolitiFact,
09/07/12]

PolitiFact Claimed The Health Care
Compact Could Eliminate Medicares
Guaranteed Benefits Was A Defensible
Claim In September 2012. In September
2012 in an article about Medicare PolitiFact
wrote, The key change is to substitute
would eliminate Medicare's guaranteed
benefit for 800,000 Tennessee seniors to
endangers the health benefits of 800,000
Tennessee seniors. Indeed, if the
original release language was changed to
use the word 'could' instead of 'would,' the
party would have a more defensible
statement. [PolitiFact, 09/07/12]

The Minnesota Health Care Compact
Would Allow The State To Suspend
Federal Health Care Rules. According to
www.revisor.mn.gov, SF 1933 states, Each
member state, within its state, may suspend
by legislation the operation of all federal
laws, rules, regulations, and orders
regarding health care that are inconsistent
with the laws and regulations adopted by
the member state pursuant to this compact.
[www.revisor.mn.gov, accessed 09/12/14]
Sutter supports the billionaire
Koch brothers agenda to
privatize Medicare

Senior woman paying
bills
Graphic: Barb Sutter: Koch
Brothers Agenda to
Private Medicare
Source:
barbsutter4house.com; The
Nation, 08/22/13



Sutter Said Paul Ryan Was A Role
Model. Accessed in May 2014, Sutters
campaign website, barbsutter4house.com
stated, To begin, I was inspired by Paul
Ryan at the Center of the American
Experiment on Monday. It was St. Patricks
Day, and Congressman Ryan shared with us
his Irish optimism for the future of our
great country. He is such a clear thinker on
budget issues--and hes not afraid to tell it
like it is without concern for his political
career. Hes a good role model for me.
[barbsutter4house.com, accessed 05/16/14]

Paul Ryan Wanted To Privatize
Medicare. In November 2012 in an article
about Paul Ryan the Huffington Post wrote,
Privatize, privatize, privatize. Thats what
GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan
wants to do with Medicare, the countrys
47-year-old federal assistance program for
seniors. [Huffington Post, 11/02/12]

The Koch Brothers Supported Paul
Ryan. In August 2013 in an article about
Paul Ryan the Nation wrote, The
congressman has become a favorite of many
of the biggest donors in the country,
including billionaire industrialists Charles
and David Koch.
The Koch brothers, prime funders of
conservative causes and Republican
politicians, were enthusiastic backers of
placing Ryan on the 2012 Republican
ticket. [The Nation, 08/22/13]
Which could put 700 thousand
Minnesota seniors at risk.
Woman helping senior
with oxygen
Graphic: Barb Sutter:
700,000 Seniors at Risk
Source: Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid
Services, 07/01/12
There Were 705,000 Minnesotans
Enrolled In Either Part A And/Or B Of
Medicare As Of July 2012. According to
figures from The Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid services, 705,000 Minnesotans
were enrolled in Medicare as of July 1,
2012. [CMS, 07/01/12]
So insurance companies make
higher profits

While Minnesota seniors pay
more.
Senior woman on camera

Emporia Gazette Editorial: The Kansas
Health Care Compact Would Force More
Seniors Onto Medicare Advantage. In
August 2014 in an editorial the Emporia
Gazette wrote, One thing we can count on
for sure if the Health Care Compact passes
is that we will no longer be able to enroll in
traditional Medicare. Therefore, we
would be left with the choice of privatizing
Medicare, that is, going to Medicare
Advantage, or something worse. [Emporia
Gazette, 08/08/14]

Emporia Gazette Editorial: Forcing
More Seniors Means Higher Profits For
Insurance Companies. In August 2014 in
an editorial the Emporia Gazette wrote,
Medicare Advantage is much more
expensive to the government than
traditional Medicare, as much as 19 percent
more, with these costs going to pay for
perks, advertising, administrative costs, and
profit for the insurance companies.
[Emporia Gazette, 08/08/14]

Medicare Advantage Plans Are Private
Plans That Cost Six Percent More Than
Traditional Medicare. In August 2014 in
an article about Medicare the New York
Times wrote, Medicare Advantage plans
private plans that serve as alternatives to
the traditional, public program for those that
qualify for it underperform traditional
Medicare in one respect: They cost 6
percent more. [New York Times,
08/19/14]
Barb Sutter has the wrong
priorities for Minnesota.
Seniors walking
Graphic: Barb Sutter:
Wrong for Minnesota

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