"Mark & Juanita" wrote in message
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Lew Hodgett wrote:

"Phisherman" wrote:

Stop the waste. If Medicare/Medicade have worked well, I might be
for
the proposed plan.

You must have missed it.

Stopping the "waste" in Medicare/Medicaid is one of the sources of
funds to help pay for the new plan.

There's a great argument and recommendation. What is preventing them
from
stopping the waste now? Why should this takeover of 1/6 of the US
economy
have to happen first before waste in Medicare happening now is stopped?
Since Medicare is a government program, why is it that this magical new
program is going to be any less subject to fraud and waste than the
government system already being poorly managed?


Bottom line, the only way they are going to make this save money is by
rationing health care. Somebody is going to decide what treatments are
given and to whom and who gets to "take the pain pill". After all,
someone's spirit and love of life is too subjective to judge, their age
[and political status] is purely objective.

If we do that, where would the Canadians go when they get sick?