Junk the bill and start over

On Feb. 27 The Herald ran an article about seniors being confused and increasingly dismayed by the new Medicare bill (“Survey finds Medicare confusion”). Count us squarely in that group.

As far as my husband and I can see, the whole bill should be junked, not tinkered with. Legislators in both houses must write a new bill and must have no contact in any form whatsoever with lobbyists from the insurance business or the pharmaceutical business. The present bill is written with their interests in mind, not the care of seniors who need relief from medical expenses.

This will not happen. The largest lobby supposedly representing the interests of seniors, AARP, sold out, though their spokesmen are waffling in interesting ways. Maybe having so many seniors resign their memberships has caught their attention. Without a powerful lobby in Washington D.C., seniors are simply not heard. Sad.

Granite Falls