WASHINGTON —
Usually a dull time in Congressional elections, the late spring is heating up as 8th District candidates Dave Crooks and Larry Bucshon traded barbs Thursday.
Crooks, the Democrat nominee from Washington, signed a pledge to protect Medicare throughout the district. In a release, Crooks said he would vote to keep Medicare in its present form if elected, unlike Bucshon.
“I’m signing the Medicare pledge to reaffirm my commitment to represent the interests of Hoosier seniors and middle class families,” Crooks said. “I challenge Congressman Bucshon to make the same commitment to Hoosier seniors and workers by signing this pledge.”
Crooks said after meeting seniors on a recent listening tour, they were concerned about Bucshon votes that Crooks said were to end Medicare and votes to require seniors to pay over $6,000 more a year for the same health coverage.
Bucshon’s campaign disagreed. Campaign spokesman Nick McGee said Crooks’ line of attack is false, as proven by leading political website politifact.com.
“This is a clear attempt by Dr. Bucshon’s opponent, a career politician, willing to say the politically expedient sound bite is an attempt to distract the voters from his utter lack of a plan to solve the impending bankruptcy of Medicare in 2024,” McGee said.
McGee pointed to the Newburgh cardiothoracic surgeon’s record of treating patients on Medicare and fighting to preserve benefits for current seniors.
“In fact, Dr. Bucshon is a leader in the fight to repeal Obamacare, which cuts $575 billion in Medicare funding and put 15 non-elected bureaucrats between the patient and the doctor.”
Obamacare health care reform and Medicare are shaping to be two large talking points in this campaign, and more will be coming as Democrats have targeted the eighth as a battleground district in the fight for the House majority.
Wednesday, the political newspaper Roll Call reported the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee have secured television advertising in Terre Haute and Evansville worth $523,000. The Republicans have not announced their TV buys.
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