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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	I don't want them tinkering
	Date:	5/9/2009 3:08:08 PM

My father is 82, and he is under Medicare and has a supplemental policy. He doesn't ever pay anything either.

MM, your taxes are going up no matter what they do. The budget deficient will see to that.

It's not necessarily true that government jobs will increase if the government takes on health care. The government will likely contract it out -- this has been the trend for a number of years now. Of course, what this usually means is that you'll have one carrier for this 3 year period and another for the next 3 years.

I'm not so sure that age and liklihood of reecovery isn't in the equation with the current private insurance systems. And over a period of time, the insurance companies are cutting back on their allowances for procedures. I know my insurance, that used to pay 100% for diagnostic procedures are now paying only 80%. I don't worry so much about that, but I want good coverage if I have a serious illness like cancer. Of course, even then there are programs that the drug companies and research institutions and the cancer soceity have, if you cannot pay.