OK-my rebuttal letter on repealing medicare and medicaid sponsored by AAPS

[w8liftinglady]

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The recent letters by Dr. Eik and Dr. Watson that have appeared in the last week -with no rebuttal-seem to be the opinion of many members of the "New" Tea Party.I am surprised,however,that it is also the general consensus of Ellis County as well.In the interest of fairness,I hope to point out what is inherently wrong with this mindset.
Some facts about Texas may help shed some light.The population of Texas in 2009 was 24,873,773.Twenty-seven percent of those citizens,or 6.7 million people,were without healthcare insurance in 2009. 2.47 million Texans receive Medicare.4 million Texans (17 %) receive Medicaid.Using the rationale supplied by the esteemed physicians,repealing these programs would leave 13.7 million Texans with no healthcare coverage...roughly half of the population.
Many medical groups favor Medicare and Medicaid support...and actually want to see it increased.Among these groups are The American Medical Association-(that splinter group you mentioned),as well as more splinter groups like The American College of Physicians,the American Academy of Family Physicians,American Academy of Pediatrics,The American Cancer Society ,National Council on Aging,National Rural Health Association,Paralyzed Veterans of America ,American Diabetes Association....as well as many,many more "splinter groups".
The American Association of Physicians and Surgeons has endorsed elimination of medical coverage for anyone who is on Medicare or Medicaid as well as eliminating preventative healthcare to anyone who can not pay face value.( http://www.aapsonline.org/ ).This comes at a time when our nation is seeing more jobs being shipped overseas,more companies unable to offer health care insurance and more people on the brink of poverty.if anything,our nation should support the increase in subsidies to physicians,surgeons,dentists and other health services.This will have the ultimate goal of reducing cost by taking care of problems pro-actively,instead of waiting until the problem is beyond help.It will encourage preventative medicine such as breast exams,prostate exams,colon exams,etc-which will catch diseases at an early,curable stage.
Is elimination of Medicare and Medicaid truly what the residents of Ellis County want?