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	Name:	architect -
	Subject:	Medicare
	Date:	9/8/2009 8:10:27 PM

Yes we all pay into Medicare to guarantee insurance coverage in old age. And, yes Medicare does not pay for all costs. That is why the private insurers are happy to offer supplemental coverage for an added premium which pays the difference. It maybe of interest that this is basically how the much maligned Canadian system works for all the population. Now, if it weren't for long years of payments into Medicare what chance do you think a 78 year old retired man living on a small pension and SS would have of getting medical insurance coverage he could afford on the private insurance market today? Now, ask yourself do we not need for the good of the nation to provide some ability for the $11 per hour 30 year old with diabetes or leukemia or congenital heart disease to be covered? That is at least in part what this hullabaloo is all about.

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