During a town hall in Fort Madison, Iowa on Tuesday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was asked about privatization of Medicare.
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00:00During the confirmation hearings, Kennedy, who is in charge of our Medicare and Medicaid,
00:08made the statement that everybody wants Medicare privatized, which is a lie.
00:14Where do you stand on this?
00:16We aren't going privatized.
00:17We are now giving money.
00:21There's money going to go out to the people that are doing Medicare Advantage.
00:25That is privatization of Medicare.
00:27Yes.
00:28That's right.
00:28And we don't want it.
00:29And they take advantage of people all the time.
00:32But 50% of the seniors do want it because of...
00:35No, they don't want it.
00:38Okay, let me explain why I said 50%.
00:4250% of the seniors are enrolled in Medicare Advantage.
00:46Because, no, that doesn't mean they want it.
00:50They've got a choice.
00:52It's insurance companies that are...
00:55Insurance companies are then controlling you,
00:58and they'll tell you that U.S. call in every year because they can change the rules whatever they want to do.
01:04And they get X amount of dollars, and when your dollars are used up, you're done with their Medicare.
01:09I want it the way it is, and so do most of the people.
01:12And the SHIP people that help people get their Medicare are driving and rightfully telling them, stay away from Medicare Advantage.
01:20It's a privatization.
01:22It's a rip-off.
01:23And we don't want it.
01:25And not 50% of the people want it.
01:27And Kennedy's saying that.
01:29If 50% of the people that are over 65 don't want it, why do they enroll in it?
01:38Because the insurance companies plug me three and four times a day to try and sell it to you and say that they are actually Medicare calling you, and they're not.
01:47Medicare Advantage has nothing to do with the federal government, is that correct?
01:53You have your hand up, sir.
01:54Iowa says if you're not...
01:57You're not going to answer him?
01:58You're not going to answer him?
01:59You're not going to answer him?
02:01He's asked for the street four times.
02:03I don't know if people don't ask for the...
02:05He does not call that the pressure and we're going to answer him.
02:07We don't have any issues of the pressure.
02:07But, yeah.
02:08I don't know if people don't ask that and don't kill you.
02:09Unless his water will take those bill three, Jesus, fid a little higher.
02:10I think it's hard.
02:12Even if people don't call him, it's hard because thisilleen has ramp-up, can he.
02:14You want him to pay for those?
02:16Excellent.
02:17It's okay.
02:18It's hard because there's which ones aren't committed.
02:20So if someone gave that money, I think he looks down.
02:22So if people do less care, it's much more than a billionaire.
02:24Okay.
02:26We'vegged that money is where they were.
02:29Yeah, I think for people else.
02:30Complete diversify the labor.
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