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COMING UP AT 5:30: WE'LL TELL
BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION, THE RHETORIC IS HOT
AND WILL ONLY GET HOTTER.
THERE ARE SOME KEY ISSUES THAT
SEEM TO PLAY IN ALMOST EVERY
RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE...
MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY
24 HOUR NEWS EIGHT POLITICAL
REPORTER RICK ALBIN LOOKS AT
WHAT THE CANDIDATES ARE REALLY
SAYING ABOUT THOSE ISSUES.
WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT
JUST DON'T CHANGE ...
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WILL
NOT AGREE ON MOST MAJOR ISSUES
AND SOME OF THOSE ISSUES CAN
HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE
OUTCOME OF THOSE ELECTIONS.
SUCH IS THE CASE WITH SENIOR
ISSUES.MEDICARE AN SOCIAL
SECURITY CHIEF AMONG THOSE.IT
IS TRUE THAT OUR POPULATION IS
AGING AND IT IS TRUE THAT BOTH
PROGRAMS FACE MORE PRESSURE AS
MORE OF US REACH RETIREMENT
AGE. ON THAT THERE IS MORE OR
LESS UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT BUT
WHAT TO DO ABOUT MAKING SURE
BOTH PROGRAMS ARE THERE FOR
ALL OF US WHEN WE NEED THEM IS
A POINT OF CONSIDERABLE DEBATE.
THIS WEEK BOTH PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND GOVERNOR ROMNEY WEIGHED IN
ON THE ISSUE. HERE IS WHAT
THEY ARE REALLY SAYING ...
FIRST PRESIDENT OBAMA.
OBAMA.
THE PRESIDENT
REFORM TO BACK FILL FOR
MEDICARE. FROM HIS CAMPAIGN
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IS HELPING
THE CARE THEY NEED TO STAY
HEALTHY-FROM FREE PREVENTIVE
SERVICES TO LOWER COSTS ON
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND MONTHLY
PREMIUMS."GOVERNOR ROMNEY ON
THE OTHER HAND HAS PROMISED TO
REPEAL WHAT HE CALL OBAMA CARE
AND THIS IS WHAT HE WAS REALLY
SAYING
THIS WEEK.
WEEK.
FROM THE ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT
WEB
SITE THERE IS A DETAILED
OUTLINE OF WHAT HE WOULD DO
"MEDICARE IS REFORMED AS A
PREMIUM SUPPORT SYSTEM,
MEANING THAT EXISTING SPENDING
IS REPACKAGED AS A
FIXED-AMOUNT BENEFIT TO EACH
SENIOR THAT HE OR SHE CAN USE
TO PURCHASE AN INSURANCE PLAN."
YOU CAN SEE MORE ON BOTH
CANDIDATES MEDICARE PLANS BY
FOLLOWING THE LINKS IN THE
STORY AT WOODTV.COMTHE
SECURITY AND MEDICARE IS AN
MATTER POLICY THAT WILL IMPACT
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS BUT
IMPACT THIS YEARS ELECTION.
SENIORS ARE HIGH PROPENSITY
VOTERS AND IN SOME IMPORTANT
DELEGATE SWING STATES LIKE
FLORIDA THEIR VIEW OF WHO BEST
WILL TAKE CARE OF THOSE
ON HOW THEY CAST THEIR VOTE.
EIGHT.