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<blockquote data-quote="OK Corgi Rancher" data-source="post: 3707307" data-attributes="member: 45773"><p>That's kind of a failed argument for at least a couple of reasons.</p><p></p><p>1. Social Security is not an entitlement. The government took money from all of us who worked with the promise to pay it back once we reach retirement age. That money is YOUR money. You're just getting it back.</p><p></p><p>2. Medicare Part A is mandatory once you start receiving social security benefits. The others are optional.</p><p></p><p>3. Medicare is probably less expensive at that age than buying private insurance. Obviously, for most people, the older they get the more medical care they need. Medicare makes sense for most people. Not all.</p><p></p><p>4. Medicare is also something you've paid for your entire working life. It's not a 'free' benefit for working people reaching retirement.</p><p></p><p>5. Not everyone takes Medicare Part B. EX: My wife worked for a federal agency for about 10 years. She can still buy private insurance thru the group plan offered by that agency so she does. It costs a bit more than Medicare...about $40 per month. She collects her first social security check next month just before she turns 66. She's enrolled in part A because she has to...not because she wants to. She's not going to enroll in any other Medicare programs.</p><p></p><p>I'm in the VA system so I don't have to have Medicare. I got hurt performing military duty. The government promised to care for me should that happen. It's not an entitlement, either. Furthermore, I waited over 30 years to demand they uphold their end of the bargain...and they did. </p><p></p><p>And I'm against single payer for exactly some of the reasons JD8 pointed out... I don't trust the people who screwed up the system to fix the system and/or run the system. As a matter of fact, the government shouldn't even be in the health care business. But they are.</p><p></p><p>There are plenty of private models that work just fine and make health care affordable. Single payer isn't one of them. It may, in fact, be the worst option.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OK Corgi Rancher, post: 3707307, member: 45773"] That's kind of a failed argument for at least a couple of reasons. 1. Social Security is not an entitlement. The government took money from all of us who worked with the promise to pay it back once we reach retirement age. That money is YOUR money. You're just getting it back. 2. Medicare Part A is mandatory once you start receiving social security benefits. The others are optional. 3. Medicare is probably less expensive at that age than buying private insurance. Obviously, for most people, the older they get the more medical care they need. Medicare makes sense for most people. Not all. 4. Medicare is also something you've paid for your entire working life. It's not a 'free' benefit for working people reaching retirement. 5. Not everyone takes Medicare Part B. EX: My wife worked for a federal agency for about 10 years. She can still buy private insurance thru the group plan offered by that agency so she does. It costs a bit more than Medicare...about $40 per month. She collects her first social security check next month just before she turns 66. She's enrolled in part A because she has to...not because she wants to. She's not going to enroll in any other Medicare programs. I'm in the VA system so I don't have to have Medicare. I got hurt performing military duty. The government promised to care for me should that happen. It's not an entitlement, either. Furthermore, I waited over 30 years to demand they uphold their end of the bargain...and they did. And I'm against single payer for exactly some of the reasons JD8 pointed out... I don't trust the people who screwed up the system to fix the system and/or run the system. As a matter of fact, the government shouldn't even be in the health care business. But they are. There are plenty of private models that work just fine and make health care affordable. Single payer isn't one of them. It may, in fact, be the worst option. [/QUOTE]
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