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In addition to the discussion about regular individual and family plans and the surprises that await them when Mr. Fixit does his thing, I am noticing more and more seniors who are in for some surprises too. They dont follow everything in detail but just hear that Obama is going to fix the whole health care scene and make everything affordable. I have had several grudginlgy sign up for medicare supplements but sputtering at the same time about how Obama says he is going to fix all this so that they dont have to pay a monthly premium for what "they should be getting for free having worked all their lives." And I have even had a few saying they dont want to sign up for anything yet because they want to see how all the new ideas in the works play out. (one excuse is as good as another).
Man are they in for a surprise. First of all, the opportunity to have medicare coverage and a supplement is considered to be the gold standard that some are trying to reach for the under 65 crowd. That is not what they want to hear. They think it is chintzy that they have to pay anything and are looking for Obama to deliver on his health care promises even though they did not apply to Medicare for the most part.
In addition, seniors are in for a big surprise when they find that Obama is actually planning to raid medicare funds to fund the under 65 plans (or reduce funding which results in the same on top of the fact that it is broke anyway). Good thing Obama likes talking to his enemies because he is going to find Iran and Korea to be a cakewalk when he starts talking to seniors about Medicare. They dont care about all this "quality centers" and "outcomes" jive that he says is going to result in big savings. They just want to know if they are going to be paying more less when they go see the doctor man.
Mr Fixit gonna get fixed like a dog.
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