Hey! Senator Bennett! Throw in a buy-in to Medicare at age 45, while you're at it.

coti

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Thu Feb-18-10 06:00 PM
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Hey! Senator Bennett! Throw in a buy-in to Medicare at age 45, while you're at it.

Sometimes, you've got to just say damn the manufactured, corporate-backed, nearly entirely unreasoned outrage and do what needs to be done.

That's what voters want to see from Congress- that, for once, they stood up for what was best for everyone instead of allowing the interests of a few powerful parties to override progress.

"Jamming" the public OPTION down our throats. Please. Oh, I know- giving people the opportunity to buy health insurance from the federal government, fair and square, is just terrible. TERRIBLE, I tell you.

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LeftyAndProud60

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Thu Feb-18-10 06:10 PM
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1. This actually makes more sense. Can't you argue that in order to sustain medicare, we need more

people to pay to get in it and help pay for it?

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coti

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Thu Feb-18-10 06:13 PM
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2. Well, at the very least you can argue that, if you're trying to suppress health cost inflation,

it's a good idea to get as many older people as possible insured by the feds to increase the negotiating/buying power of those who make the most use of our healthcare system.

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LeftyAndProud60

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Thu Feb-18-10 07:21 PM
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5. And I think the reconciliation method would fit this perfectly. It helps the budget and should be

easier for people to grasp. I think anyone uninsured should be able to buy in though. Not just people over 45.

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CTyankee

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Thu Feb-18-10 06:15 PM
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3. I cannot tell you how many people over the last 15 years or so that I have

heard say they wished they could buy in to Medicare and these are people in their 40s and 50s. And I don't think they were all "flaming, liberal Democrats." They were just ordinary people that I worked with. I remember one woman who seemed so worn down with years of work and struggle to do right by her family say to me "There's got to be a better way." I felt so bad for her. She was depressed and near the end of her rope. I remember her to this day...it exemplified to me what the average American worker feels, and this was back in the early 90s when things were better. I shudder to think what has happened to her now...

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coti

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Thu Feb-18-10 06:25 PM
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4. Yup, it would be a lot simpler. Not to mention a lot more cost-effective.

And cheaper for the consumer.

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