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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (75988)	12/7/2009 2:17:38 PM
From: JakeStraw	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

So the fact remains that Medicare is run (just like every other gov't organization) in a wasteful manner.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (75988)	12/7/2009 4:03:58 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

As for whether Medicare gives help to people "no questions asked" -- Medicare should ask a lot more questions about the claims they do pay out. Even the White House admits over 12 percent of Medicare claims are fraudulent. So Medicare denies more claims than private insurance, and of the ones they do accept, 1 in 8 are fraudulent or improper. By some estimates, Medicare loses seven times as much money in fraud every year than the combined profits of the 14 health insurance companies on the Fortune 500.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (75988)	12/7/2009 7:36:24 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

Harry Reid compared those opposed to gov run healthcare to those who in the past supported slavery. 1) Does that mean today many Dems are in that lot since they also oppose it? 2) It was the Southern Democrats who fought Johnson on passing the Civil Rights Act. 3) During the Civil War it was the Republican president, Abraham Lincoln and his Republican party, who fought to free the slaves. Why does anyone ever expect a Democrat to use logic in his political propaganda? That's never one of their considerations.