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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (720640)	1/4/2006 5:41:10 PM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Yes, I am old enough that I remember well when there was NO MEDICARE. People got by cause health costs were not that bad and health insurance was still reasonable. Today, I VERY MUCH DOUBT even middle class retirees could survive without Medicare or something like it. I know in my case, my health insurance premiums would be around $2,000 a MONTH and that figure is over a year old. In case you are wondering I havent been in a hospital for 23 years when I had a kidney stone and that was my ONLY hospital visit in my life except the day I was born. jdn