Reply #5: Could you please help me out where I might be thinking in error? [View All]

I heard a comment on the radio the other day that Medicare is paid by younger generations paying for those older than they.

My mind started to wander and I have been wondering for 3 days now, if more people like me who despise their private insurers, and if more people who pay premiums and deductibles, copays and all of that crap bought into the system, wouldn't it really be cheaper in the long run.

I've been to the physicians' who advocate for single payer website, and I've read and read, I've listened to the interviews of representatives from nurses' organizations, and I truly want single payer, we're just being told that we can't have it right now. I've talked to my Mom about Medicare and she's pleased with it thus far. She's looked into supplementals for long term care, etc., but she has yet to buy into one.

Perhaps my better question should be, why is it so hard for our citizens to fully grasp this, and raise hell with bought and paid for politicians?