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To: i-node who wrote (613915)5/31/2011 2:34:37 PM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1576159
 
You do realize that 55% of Medicare recipients ALREADY do that when they shop for Medicare supplements that are necessary to provide adequate health care coverage?

They are shopping for a supplement ...

Al



To: i-node who wrote (613915)5/31/2011 4:51:44 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1576159
 
The aged aren't necessarily the idiots you think they are.

And those that actually are senile or otherwise incompetent, often have other people make the decisions for them. Its not as if getting on Medicare is the limit of medical decision making, it wouldn't be even if Medicare covered everything with no deductible or copay.