{"id":6582,"date":"2012-09-21T08:19:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T12:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=6582"},"modified":"2012-09-21T08:20:33","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T12:20:33","slug":"morning-read-doheny-owens-engage-on-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/09\/21\/morning-read-doheny-owens-engage-on-medicare\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Read: Doheny, Owens engage on Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The last couple of days, we’ve seen a real engagement in the NY21 race on the issue of Medicare.\u00a0 Our Julie Grant went in first, with a story focusing on the national Republican Party’s ad campaign on the issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Her piece lays out clearly some of the broad philosophical and policy differences that surround this complex debate.<\/p>\n

The story advanced when the Doheny camp put out a statement laying out their their idea about reforming Medicare<\/a>, which prompted stories like this one from Brian Amaral in the Watertown Daily Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The back and forth on the entitlement that is both popular and costly highlighted a basic philosophical difference between the candidates on the senior health insurance program: Mr. Doheny believes in increasing the role of private insurers, while Mr. Owens does not.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chris Morris at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise<\/a> also weighed in, responding to Doheny’s position statement.<\/p>\n

In his commentary, Doheny said he wasn’t putting forth a plan.\u00a0 “Instead, these are some ideas I’d like to see incorporated in any bipartisan effort put before Congress,” he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Doheny said patient choice is important. He said recipients who like the current “fee-for-service system” should be able to keep using it, but he added that Medicare should also welcome competition. He said it’s been proven that market forces keep costs from escalating.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is clearly an issue that the Owens camp wanted to have raised in this campaign — they’ve been sending out press releases regularly accusing Doheny of wanting to “privatize” Medicare. I expect this will come up again in next week’s debates.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, these stories will give you a clearer sense of what the politicians are talking about, and what they really mean.\u00a0 Check them out and then chime in with your views on Medicare and reform efforts below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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