Quote: If you want our government to run our health care
Personally I would HATE if the government ran the health care. But, I would like the government to compete with the insurance companies.
Not trying to debate this, but I should be on government health care now [Medicare A, B & D].
But I opted to go with Medicare C which is actually private health insurance that covers A, B & D.
This was one of the good things Bush did with Medicare reform. He let private companies in. So instead of Medicare getting my $100, GHI does.
And, I don't have the $200 deduct or the 20% co-pays, but a PPO plan that gives me a $10 for primary and $20 co-pay for specialists.
I pay a bit extra [about $35/month this year] to have the option of going to doctors outside the plan and to avoid the "donut" for generic drugs.
I think this competition has worked quite well for me. And, for the companies involved [most are so excited to get you that they'll even send someone to your house to explain the plan]. And, Medicare gets some relief, too.
There are so many companies participating in NYC that all the options are a bit overwhelming at first glance. And, the system is so new that "established" retirees are unfamiliar with it and instead often pay for plans to cover Medicare out-of-pocket expenses when these would be cheaper and more economical for them.
I don't see competition as a bad thing, so I support a gov't option.
But, 100% gov't run ... no, thank you.
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Best line in this thread. Red Grange?!? Hilarious.
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