Marco Rubio Bashes Plan to Cut Medicare to Fund Obamacare

Late last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., released a video responding to President Barack Obamas plans to cut Medicare Advantage (MA) and use those funds for the federal health-care program.

Reducing payments to Medicare Advantage providers is going to constrain provider networks, its going to cut benefits, its going to increase seniors co-payments, Rubio said. This is going to hurt seniors of all backgrounds and income levels, and our state of Florida is going to be especially hurt by this.

Big business and unions are getting relief, health insurance companies are going to get their taxpayer-funded bailout when Obamacare fails, but no one is standing up to protect seniors who are going to be hurt by this raid on Medicare -- a raid thats being used to pay for the rest of Obamacare, Rubio insisted. Its wrong. And its another reason why this law needs to be repealed and replaced.