I suppose I was rather rude this afternoon. [View All]

I was at a meeting with a woman who is well over 65 and had hernia surgery last week. It went really well, and they sent her home the same day, instead of keeping her overnight as they had planned. She kept bragging about how she has this great surgeon, and everything went so well.

At one point in the meeting, someone mentioned that a check this org had mailed to pay a bill was returned because of some post office SNAFU. She turns to me and says "Imagine if the government was handling our health care".
Me:"Didn't the government just pay for your hernia surgery?"

Her:"What?"

Me:"Wasn't that surgery paid for by Medicare, I'm guessing part A, maybe part B?"

"Well, yes. BUt I have a supplement."

"The government paid for the surgery you've been bragging about all day. Why shouldn't I have the same care? If it's good enough for you, why isn't it good enough for everyone? I don't hear you complaining about the government running your health care."

(sheepishly)"Well, I don't think of Medicare as the government."

"Well, it is".

I'm so sick of this crap, that I think it needs to be challenged whenever it rears its ugly head.