and supplement.
What I am concerned about is the cuts in Medicare will reflect in what is not paid (of course). The supplemental will become the bearer of some of these costs. There will no doubt be a resultant increase in our premiums to merely maintain a status quo benefit package. Or there will be an out cropping of new coverages that will have to be subscribed to in order to maintain the status quo.

The cuts in Medicare are already being vocalized....trial balloons(?).

I suggest leaving the current Medicare/medicaid/supplemental/et al coverages in place. Grandfather the existing (and maybe even some number out in the future) participants. Go after, aggressively the abuse in the existing programs.
Then develop a health care program designed specifically for the non grand fathered, the non insured and any body else they want to throw into the pile.

Reform does not necessarily require the scrapping of those parts that are working to many of us satisfaction.

ANY program being promoted that involves a take away of existing coverage should not be viable. Any programs that have useless buerocracy like death counseling should automatically be struck out. And this type process continue until such time as a viable program results....not a political agenda....nor a forced calender march.

I no doubt strayed from your querry, but am feeling more vocal than normal this morning. I wish there was a local town hall meeting to go to.

btk