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To: TimF who wrote (613993)	5/31/2011 4:54:16 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1576159

>> 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. Any person who can get through the Medicare enrollment process can certainly get through the process of purchasing a commercial policy. The OP was a misdirection.

To: TimF who wrote (613993)	6/3/2011 5:52:28 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576159

"often have other people make the decisions for them" And more often they don't......so many people and not just seniors don't question and certainly don't understand their medical bills so they simply try to pay them..and I come from the side of the tracks where this is the rule, not the exception. The bills I get from my med group are very often a tangled mess for me. I've heard some of the up front desk people who do the paper work say they are working with up to 23 insurance plans...