FREE DRUGS FOR SENIORS A MEDIA HOAX?

To the Media, once a person turns 60 that person no longer has a brain
Just asking, but in poll after poll of seniors the drug legislation is very low on their concerns. Most seniors have very good coverage right now. All veterans are entitled under the VA to get drugs very cheaply and are required only a co-payment based on income. Almost all pensioners are similarly covered. This leaves a very small minority of extremely needy seniors composed mainly of those who have never worked or worked only at menial jobs.

The bill currently before Congress is likely to die, mainly because Republicans have read the polling data and aren't about to pass a two trillion dollar net deficit drug financing bill. All the hype seems to come from the media, which is their usual Left self arguing for something that too few need or even want.

Why is it that Left media and many politicians suppose that as soon as a person turns 60 he or she loses all ability to think? The very old "Depression Oldies", who regard the government as their savior and God, now number in an almost microscopic portion of the over 60 voting block, and probably all live in those condos in Florida a population that couldn't even read a simple ballot. We have to realize that the over 55 class is also the "New Investor Class", the retiring professional class, as well as the very well funded government employee class all of whom are very well taken care of. And who are very bright, very well educated, and politically active.

My betting is that the pols have counted numbers and that this Bill is D E A D.