In 2007 the NAACP opposed the same type of Medicare cuts it supports under Obamacare

According to this article back in 2007 the House and the Senate passed a bill which would have cut Medicare by roughly $150-160 billion, the measure was eventually vetoed by then president George W Bush. The NAACP vehemently opposed these cuts, claiming they would have adversely affected minorities:

“[Medicare Advantage] MA plans – private health plan options that provide coverage to 8.3 million Medicare beneficiaries – disproportionately provide coverage to low-income and racial and ethnic minority beneficiaries,” according to a letter the NAACP sent to Congress.

“Specifically, 40 percent of African Americans without Medicaid or employer coverage rely on comprehensive health insurance coverage provided by MA plans. By providing more comprehensive benefits and lower cost-sharing than traditional Medicare, MA plans help racial and ethnic minority populations gain access to health care services that are critical to their long-term health and well-being,” the NAACP letter read.

“Reduced funding for the MA program would have a negative impact on the health and health care of millions of Medicare beneficiaries – particularly for low-income and minority beneficiaries,” the letter continued.

“We urge you not to backtrack on these priorities by cutting funding for the MA program. This program is vitally important to the health and well-being of racial and ethnic minorities who rely on MA to provide them with the comprehensive, affordable, and coordinated care they need,” the NAACP letter added.

  As anyone who has been paying attention already knows, Obamacare cut $300 billion from Medicare, more than twice the estimate from the 2007 bill, and yet the NAACP supports Obamacare, calling it one of the most pressing civil rights issues for this generation.”

NAACP Chairwoman Roslyn Brock recently said that Obamacare is “one of the most pressing civil rights issues for this generation” and that the law’s opponents “resist our noble cause.”

  The obvious question most people have is this, why would the NAACP now support cuts through Obamacare which they once thought would be devastating to the minority community? The  answer is equally as obvious and it has to do with which party occupies the White House, so I have a different question. Why would Barack Obama support a policy which is going to hurt minorities? I suppose it is his racist white half which supports policies which hurt minorities. Yeah, I went there!

  But lest we forget that in 2007 the Democrats were in control of both the House and the Senate so it was Democrats who supported this racist policy while George Bush opposed it, and yet the Republicans are the racists?