Ron Barber Looks The Other Way While New Medicare Part D Regulations Continue To Hurt Seniors

Seniors Will Lose Out on More HealthCare Choices 

WASHINGTON – Arizona seniors are already feeling the devastating impact of ObamaCare’s cuts to Medicare, which are reducing access and limiting their healthcare choices.  Now seniors in Arizona and across the country may be set to lose even more.

According to a new impact study by the American Action Forum, regulations proposed by the Obama Administration last month could place 14 million Medicare Part D beneficiaries nationwide at risk of losing their current prescription drug plans. Seniors utilize Part D plans to help cover the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs. Ron Barber has done nothing to combat the costly effects that this would have on seniors in his state.

“First Obamacare and now Medicare Part D, seniors are being thrown a one-two punch from Ron Barber and House Democrats who have supported this failed law and have kept the door open for even more harmful side effects,” said NRCC Communications Director Andrea Bozek. “Barber should know that what seniors in his district don’t need is more uncertainty in regards to their healthcare plans. Enough is enough.”

CMS’s New Medicare Part D Rule Puts 14 Million Seniors At Risk To Lose Coverage.  (American Action Forum, 2/18/14)

FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), Ami Bera (CA-07), Raul Ruiz (CA-36), Elizabeth Esty (CT-05), Patrick Murphy (FL-18), Joe Garcia (FL-26), John Barrow (GA-12), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Bill Foster (IL-11), Bill Enyart (IL-12), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Dave Loebsack (IA-02), John Tierney (MA-06), Tim Walz (MN-01), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Rick Nolan (MN-08), Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Steve Israel (NY-03), Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18), Dan Maffei (NY-24), Pete Gallego (TX-23), and Nick Rahall (WV-03).