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To: Farmboy who wrote (22314)	8/5/2012 4:44:40 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

<<Yes, that is true .. There's no end to it .... death is the way out, and Obama will ensure that comes around a lot sooner than any of us would like.>> Not how I look at it. I paid in for about 47 years and now pay about $130 a month. So I have paid a lot of money into medicare, but it is now manageable and I have wonderful health insurance. I planned my life like that. The dems would like for everyone to have what I have. The pubs want to get rid of it and turn everything over to private insurance which would be a disaster. Those friends of mine who do not have medicare and must pay for private insurance are hurting big time.

To: Farmboy who wrote (22314)	8/5/2012 5:17:54 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

SI poster with cancer: "Since qualifying for Medicare, my hassles with private insurance companies have come to an end. I have no problem getting high quality, timely care, and I don't have to fight every time my oncologist wants a scan. I am still paying medical insurance premiums, but between the cost of the Medicare plan itself, and the Prescription Drug Plan, plus the supplemental plan (through AARP), It's about half of what I was paying for Blue Cross. Plus, I don't have the deductibles and high co-pays. Medicare works. PS: My oncologists and the rest of my doctors are at UCLA. If I hadn't qualified for Medicare some time ago, I would have had to change doctors, because not too long ago, UCLA stopped accepting Blue Cross, due to constant problems they had getting standard procedures approved, and other issues.