What leaders and interest groups support Medicare privatization?

Question

I know that Medicare privatization is supported by George W. Bush and Heritage Foundation and those against it is the Medicare Rights Center.

Is there any other interests groups or political leaders that support either of these?

Answer 1

There were many groups that originally supported the privatization of Medicare with the passage of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. Certainly PhARMa and major insurance groups, Others who supported this measure included AARP (this group sells insurance policies to seniors) and the National Council on Aging.

The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare did not support this legislation. Senate Democrats who did not support the passage of the MMA included Tom Daschel, Ted Kennedy among others.

Representative Jerry Moran and Jim Ryun of Kansas both voted against their party and voted against the MMA bill, However, most of their Republican colleagues--and many Democrats, too, voted for the bill's passage.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I'm pretty moderate and a tad libertarian, but I do think the gov't should bankroll Medicare. It is actually a pretty good system given its roll. It's effecttive because for the most part the gov't keeps its hands off. The administration of Medicare is actually contracted to Palmetto GBA. If the gov't actually ran it, that would be a different story.

Answer 3

Just George Wasteful Bush & friends. BTW, Chainsaw, SS & Medicare are not freebies. We pay for them all our working lives.

Answer 4

the ones who would profit the most ,are for privatization . I'm against .

Answer 5

Conservatives because we believe in smaller government and it always costs less in the private sector.

Society cannot afford to continually give out freebies. Someone has to pay for it