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i receive medicare which i believe is run by the gov't
i am in favor of a robust(see i do keep up with the news) public option

for those of you getting medicare, please explain why you are against the public option

bringing this up

Well first of all they are going to have to cut medicare benefits to pay for the public option(this is one of the things they don't want you to know) so I would say if you like your medicare you better pray they don't get the public option--

If they are going provide 30 million uninsured Americans with insurance where do you think the money is going to come from to pay for that cats? Not to mention they are going to give roughly 12 million illegal immigrants the benefits as well- another thing they are saying they won't do --but they will -they are working on a amnesty bill right now to make them all citizens so they can register to vote democrat-- a bill they are going to 'spring on us' after cap and tax and free medical care is in the so called bag- also, the reason I assume you are happy with medicare is b/c you have a supplemental through one of those nasty insurance companies that fills all the holes in the medicare program- AND the public option will ultimately drive the medical insurance business out of business in America which is the whole point to start with--if you have been on medicare for awhile you are probably not aware of the problem it is becoming to new medicare patients to find a doctor who will take on new medicare customers-- b/c the payments from medicare are 20% less than what insurance companies pay for the same procedure for non medicare patients-

And in addition the medicare program is more broke than the ss program so down the road something is gonna have to give..its coming - at some point the whole thing is going to collapse -it has to

Who is "they"?

Thank you Admin! Now we can get back on topic!!!

rei1, i also appreciate your input, nice we don't always have to be in combat mode
currently i have not even used medicare, still on hubby's insurance, one of my biggest concerns is how powerful the insurance companies are right now, they can drop you at anytime, deny medicine and procedures anytime, deny you insurance period for any reason, there is no competition, and the money the are spending to fight the public option, speaks volumes in my opinion, competition is a good thing, all other industries have it
i will have to look into what gommie has posted so i can be informed, i will end by saying, i still do not understand why some americans are ok with these insurance companies robbing us blind

i keep meaning to ask this question, and i hope it isn't a stupid one, i am under the impression that the public option will not be guaranteeing free health insurance to all americans, am i wrong?

...... IMHO.... This whole govt. insurance is akin to pushing a rope up hill!! (It isn't going to work!!)

Cats - - here is a good article for you to look at:

gecon.blogspot.com/2009/10/competition-in-health-insurance.html