As Jim Geraghty has been telling us before the 2008 election, "
All statements by Barack Obama come with an expiration date. All of them."
This is also happening to the people who use Medicare Advantage, the HMO style alternative to the original Part B coverage, which is good for a variety of people, especially the urban and less healthy. Being terminated with extreme prejudice by 2016 as I recall, getting thoroughly squeezed starting next year with "you're going to have to chose another PCP" notices going out right now.
