Originally Posted by Taichiliberal
Where did you get that from? Here's what the Christian Science Monitor has to say on the subject:
Obama's Medicare proposal: How would it work?
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politic...-would-it-work
and what it has to say regarding the Obama plan isn't so good.
Indeed, it's the private plans that today cost extra, (yes, meaning the 'elderly poor' can't pay), that are saving seniors from horrors. My parents now both gone 4 and 7 years ago, were able to have the best of care because they were able to purchase a blanket over Medicare.
Yes, they could afford to buy additional healthcare. What about the people who can't? Ryan's plan gives them the "blanket", but no bed....and the blanket, given the current cost of medicine, is short sheeted.
Now here's the deal. My parents could have paid for coverage without Medicare, as could millions of others. Take them out of play, along with their tax dollars. Leave Medicare for those that need it, even if all workers need to be nicked some to cover the poor, elderly. I doubt anyone would complain. On the other hand, what's going on now is massive taxing for the few that couldn't pay their own and all those that could have. The later group also finding the bridge coverage to be in the best places with the best care. Like my parents.
