Paul — says 50% of his patients are on Medicare!

[Bravo Zulu]

Rand Paul: Cut Spending But Not Medicare Doctor Payments.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/05/14/rand-paul-cut-spending-but-not-medicare-doctor-payments/tab/print/

[The Magistrate]

1. Nice To See A Sovereign Citizen Sucking the Government Teat, Sir....

[SharonAnn]

7. He says others should be weaned, but not him? Hypocrite?

[The Magistrate]

9. And They Must Be Weaned, Ma'am, So The Flow Of Milk To Him Is Not Reduced

These people make mere hypocrites look like forthright fellows....

[BR_Parkway]

12. Just another typical "I got mine, FU" Republican afterall the hype about

how he was some new, fresh face

[WCGreen]

11. Oh that teat looks awful good to RP...

[Historic NY]

2. Why of course he needs the money for his country club dues.

[dkf]

3. Do we want him to decline medicare patients?

What is he supposed to do?

[d_r]

5. accept chickens

Hey, it is Kentucky.

[dkf]

10. Wouldn't we be laughing at him more if that was the case?

Actually for all we know maybe he does.

[Warren Stupidity]

17. As he stands on principles with respect to the civil rights act

he should also refuse to accept medicare patients. Yes of course his business would suffer, as he would lose half of his patients, but it is the principle here that is important. There are other ophthalmologists who will pick up the slack, so his former socialism-tainted patients will not be denied service, and Randy will not be living off of other people's money, a socialist leech as it were.

Then again if his libertarian principles are not all that important to him, why is his position on the civil rights act of '64 not just plain old racism?

[JohnnyLib2]

4. If he'd stick to doctorin', we'd be better off in KY.

Much.

[davidpdx]

6. Oh those opportunistic lazy people

Why don't they get a job? :sarcasm:

Typical Republican...

[donheld]

8. 100% of his patients need to be very worried

after all he says "accidents happen"

Bill Maher :yourock:

[CTyankee]

13. Of course he has lots of patients on Medicare! Again, that obfuscation

if he doesn't distinguish between the ones with Medicare ONLY and the ones with Medicare and a Medicare supplement.

It makes since that he would have a lot of older patients. Everybody, if they live long enough, will get cataracts and cataract surgery is covered by Medicare. That's enough right there to provide a nice living for an eye doctor. Aging really affects the eyes in other ways, too.

So Doc Paul isn't just a kindly physician nobly treating the old folks...

[Bluenorthwest]

14. Not much of a difference

With or without a supplement or an advantage plan, the money still comes from the same two places, the Government and the patient.

[CTyankee]

16. No, but my point is that he may not take Medicare only patients....

[tranche]

15. Cut everyone's socialism. Just not my socialism.

[Bravo Zulu]

18. How does his patients get to his office,

almost all roads and buses are run and maintained by the Government and just about all of us use them, if he has his way he'll have to build his own roads and run his own buses or his practice will die on the vine?