Out to Lunch
Roy Blunt: "Medicare has never done anything to make people more healthy"
The Missouri Democratic Party has posted video of comments from Roy Blunt made this past weekend, in which Blunt states: "We've had Medicare since 1965, and Medicare has never done anything to make people more healthy. If there's any opportunity for more healthy activity, it's going to be, again, a private, competitive..."
It's an incredible claim, but consistent with his comments a few weeks ago that it would have been best if Medicare and Medicaid had never been created. This may be new information for Blunt, but a lot of his constituents are much healthier because of Medicare, and they like it very much.
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Check out the headline and lede from this front page story in the News Tribune:
Missouri House ready to debate budget without stimulus money
By Bob Watson bwatson@newstribune.com
Published: Sunday, March 22, 2009 12:20 PM CDTThere's almost no federal stimulus money involved in the proposed state budget that the Missouri House may begin debating this week.
If by "no federal stimulus money" Watson means $329 million of stimulus money, then I guess he's correct.
It's probably worth noting, however, that the House GOP gave up on this talking point when it was proven false 10 days ago.
