And if the Republicans are suggesting that the answer to the sequester, to the debt ceiling, or any other thing, are simply to slash benefits for seniors, they ought to say so and they ought to provide a specified plan.
Overall, Pottow notes, the seniors were poorer and might simply have relied on credit cards as a way to pay necessary expenses, including medical bills.
And the reason for that is simply just there is a really important difference of opinion about this that has significant consequences for seniors all across the country.
Before we ask seniors to pay more for Medicare, we should ask the wealthiest taxpayers to give up tax breaks we simply cannot afford under these circumstances.