07-31-2009, 01:36 PM
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I agree with CdC above.
Back to health care.
CBO says health care plan would increase the deficit by 1 Trillion +, over 10 years.
obamites say revenue neutral. [thought the idea was to save, no savings why do it]
We do have a single payer Government run health care plan now! It is named MEDICARE! [medicaid is a completely different program, there is no connection between the 2]
Medicare is not a bad program, I am on it and have no problems with it in re: treatment, Doctors, or choices.
HOWEVER, There ARE lessons here!!
Medicare will be bankrupt in 2017. [that is the day after tomorrow]
Medicare started in 1965. Then and now, you must be 65 to be on Medicare [or disabled] But then 1965, the life expectancy in the US was BELOW 65. So only a small percentage of Americans were covered and mortality rates "would" keep that number 'small!'
So small numbers for only a short time. THAT worked well!
In its 44 years history it has cost just below $5,000,000,000,000. [$5 TRILLION, and started with small numbers and 1965 prices]
So each decade has cost on average, a Trillion dollars. And it is going broke. Medicare may not have covered a total of 300,000,000 people in its entire history. Now a new program will cover over 300 million A YEAR, for a similar amount of money. IMPOSSIBLE!! Not difficult, not unlikely, not 'challenging,' IMPOSSIBLE!
And Medicare is a long established Gov. program with few troubles and has undergone numerous adjustments over the years. Its ONLY problems are that it is going broke and it is unsustainable.
Isn't that a lesson?
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