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On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:47:18 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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Yup. Medicare and the VA don't work. Bummer.

They "work" just fine, we just can't afford to spend that much money
for the other 300,000,000 people in the country.

Medicare is only here because the old people vote and they don't
really care about how our kids will deal with the crushing debt.


Feel not to use your Medicare then...

They certainly work, they certainly curtail costs, they certainly have
some
problems, they certainly have nothing to do with preventing other people
from getting affordable, quality coverage.

Medicare is the most expensive program in the government for the
number of people served. You sure don't want that as your example, nor
is the USPS vs FedEx a good analog unless you ignore the $100M federal
subsidy.


Perhaps you shouldn't use it then?

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