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To: Lane3 who wrote (128879)	1/21/2010 10:22:28 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541990

You don't understand what I mean by "paid full price". I mean maybe, over your working life, you paid for the benefit you now receive via your access to medicare- but most people really have not. Younger people might- but I doubt it. I can understand why you'd like the insurance you had while you were working, who wouldn't- but at least you have insurance. The way to keep the insurance of a working person is to keep working- I plan on doing that. I think it's important to have some de-incentives to people retiring. And that might be a good one. I wasn't talking about authorized amounts- I was talking about the value of the program to it's users.

To: Lane3 who wrote (128879)	1/21/2010 1:27:22 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541990

I'd like to maintain the insurance status I had before I turned 65. Now I am limited in what medical providers I can use and concerned that the ones that do service me are inadequately compensated. And for this I pay a premium? No, thanks. Yes, I totally agree with you. Health Care Reform should be more like this. Less government run programs and instead just allow people the choice to keep the insurance plans that they are currently are already on, when they change jobs or retire.