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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	No, that's not what I'm saying
	Date:	5/9/2009 8:50:44 AM

What I am saying is this -- I can afford the health care I have; it meets my needs; and I would hate to see the government mandate that everyone abandon their current plan and be forced into some socialized medicine program.

I do think there is a problem -- some working families do not have the option of joining a group plan, and individual health insurance is too expensive for them (or at least they perceive it is). I would like them to be able to get an affordable group plan under the same concept I (and Congress) have.

As far as the third group, the non-working, homeless, etc maybe the government needs to have some very basic subsidized program for them.

I agree that Medicare seems to work very well, except isn't the program just about bankrupt? Maybe the fix for it should be that people such as myself who have coverage they can afford should not be eligible for medicare. Maybe medicare should be reserved for those who worked and contributed, but were unable to carry private insurance into their retirement. In my situation, at 65 I go under medicare as my primary carrier and my paid insurance is my supplemental plan - interestingly enough, my premiums do not go down.