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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (40343)10/1/2015 4:51:39 PM
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But you don't have to take Med B....

If by "you don't have to" you mean that Medicare does not mandate it, you are correct. But that's not the point. Medicare so dominates the market and the health care environment that there isn't any practical alternative so, effectively, you "have to." To say "you don't have to" take Medicare B is like saying you don't have to leave your house to get medical care or you don't have to have a government-issued ID. Try living life otherwise...

I'd like to see you find a better plan...

And that misses the point, too. Of course there's no better plan. I-node already so stated in the post to which you replied. There is no better plan because there is no other plan. Perhaps VA is an alternative for those who are eligible but otherwise there is nothing. Which is why, unless you are well up in the one-percenter ranks, you have to have Medicare.
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