Florida Congressmen Showcased for Standing Against Obama's Call to Gut Medicare Advantage

The Coalition for Medicare Choices, which represents more than 121,000 Floridians, honored more than 20 members of Florida’s congressional delegation for opposing President Barack Obama’s call to take funds from Medicare Advantage to fund his health-care law.

“I appreciate our Florida representatives in Washington who stood up for the Medicare Advantage program and urge them to continue the fight to protect Medicare Advantage in the future,” said Austin Curry, an Orlando resident who is active with the group, on Monday. “There is no dollar sign to put on the intangibles of this program. Florida’s seniors cannot tolerate any more cuts.”

The Coalition praised Florida’s two senators--Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Marco Rubio--for opposing  Obama’s proposal. The group also highlighted Florida Republican congressmen Gus Bilirakis, Vern Buchanan, Ander Crenshaw, Ron DeSantis, Mario Diaz-Balart, Ron DeSantis, Mario Diaz-Balart, John Mica, Jeff Miller, Rich Nugent, Bill Posey, Tom Rooney, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Dennis Ross, Steve Southerland, Dan Webster and Ted Yoho. The group also praised Florida Democrats Corrine Brown, Lois Frankel, Joe Garcia, Alan Grayson, Patrick Murphy and Frederica Wilson.