Obama Will Try to Gut Medicare. (cover story)

HEALTH care reform; MEDICAL care for older people; HEALTH care rationing; PHYSICIAN supply & demand; OBAMA, Barack, 1961-

The author talks about the health care proposal of U.S. President Barack Obama and its impact on the elderly population. He believes that the main impact of such a proposal is the sharp reduction of medical services for the elderly. He notes the irony behind the reaction of the elderly to Obama's health care proposals. He describes the possible implications for the elderly of a health care rationing scenario in the U.S. due to a shortage of doctors as a result of the proposal.