I read a similar article. First the term "entitlement" drives me crazy since people were forced to contribute their entire working lives to these fun ds. So when pols use the term entitlement it means that they have always felt entitled to raid these trust funds to the tune of somw 12 billion dollars. Those individuals wanting to opt out of medicare have private plans they consider to be superior to medicare. Since Obamacare will eventually push us all into one government plan liberal jurists understand that this is an essential fight for ObamaCare. This is a classic reason why it becomes important that full disclosure by candidates running for or bing appointed to courts at all level is necessary. Far too many of these attorneys are getting by without notice