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Originally Posted by CFrance
So is the private insurance industry fraught with financial woes and fraud. Except they pass their financial woes on to their customers, whom they've got backed into a corner. I have never been so stress-free over my medical care since qualifying for Medicare. Just think... a government healthcare plan that is WORKING. I pay a couple hundred dollars a month for Medicare and a supplemental plan that covers me anywhere and allows me to choose any doctor I want, and I have no copays on anything.
As opposed to paying $450/month for a miserly plan with a 7K deductible because I have a pre-existing condition.
It's government healthcare, and I LOVE Medicare.
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And were there problems with Medicare when it started? You bet there were. Half of the states refused to participate. Ronald Reagan said in 1981, paraphrasing here "Medicare will be the end of freedom for our children and grandchildren".
Medicare has had almost 50 years to work out the bugs. The Affordable Care Act sign-up period is six weeks old and doesn't even go into effect for another six weeks.
Every tactic to repeal this law has been tried and failed. The one big chance was a year ago, and we all know how that turned out.