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To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (269780)	12/6/2003 3:03:33 PM
From: laura_bush	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Health economists have long asserted that when beneficiaries are insulated from the costs, they tend to overuse medical services. UFB. Yeah, Medicare "beneficiaries" abuse the precious "healthcare system" for more care. Those ingrate bastards. I can just imagine who these "health economists" are employed by. lb

To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (269780)	12/6/2003 3:15:05 PM
From: laura_bush	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

And another thing. -g/ng- Statistics on "current retirees" are meaningless, IMO, as so many people now in their late 70s upwards are retirees from Big Corporate America when pensions were "offered." To my knowledge, beginning in -- and because of -- Reagan's run, the biggest of the big (i.e. CHV) stopped funding pensions per se. Take your lump sum annuity and GTF out, like. I would like to see stats on boomer employment specifically about percentages by age of pension/retirement health insurance coverage. I'll bet my last FDR dime -g- that none exist. lb