Medicare Concerns Could Influence Midterm Elections
Concern over how the federal health reform law could affect Medicare benefits has prompted some elderly U.S. residents to reconsider voting for supporters of the overhaul during upcoming midterm elections, according to political analysts. Experts say elderly U.S. residents could be crucial in elections for 28 of the 46 Democratic-held House seats that the Cook Political Report considers "tossup" races.
- "Health Care Law's Medicare Trims Altering Seniors' Views" (Serafini, Kaiser Health News/USA Today, 10/26).