BY MICHAEL S. JOHNSON
I just heard for the first time the government-sponsored commercial for Medicare starring Andy Griffith. Remember him? Mayberry Sheriff Andy Taylor?
In the ad, Ole Andy harkens back 1965, when, he says, a lot of good things happened – like Medicare. That’s not how I remember 1965, but I digress.
Andy’s sitting in an easy chair petting a dog. He says: “This year, like always, we will have our guaranteed benefits and with the new law, more good things are coming, like free check ups, lower prescription costs and more ways to protect us and Medicare from fraud.” That’s about it. That’s the ad.
Initial cost for this vignette: 700,000 of your tax dollars.
Not only is the ad an egregious misuse of tax dollars, it is an injustice to and deception of American seniors, most of whom, according to the polls, don’t like Obamacare.