Reply #29: Sorry, but you are repeating the welfare queens stories Reagan pushed.

[Mass]

These stories, even if true, are so rare that it is shameful for the right to use them to hurt poor people. Can you give us at least a source for that.


Even changing eligibility age to 67 for Medicare which made me cringe big time (still does, I guess...), rationally speaking MAY make sense.

No, it does not. Actually, it hurts the system and it hurts people because they do not go to see a doctor until Medicare (cannot afford it), and then they discover they have a stage 4 cancer. So, no, this does not make sense if you care about people. For god's sake, get rid of the cap. That seems easier. And remember plenty of people do not have healthcare insurance. You are one of the lucky ones if you have one you can afford. If I was not living in MA, I would not be able to afford one (assuming that I find an insurance to cover me given my bout of cancer. And I am only 52). So, no, there is no way that pushing Medicare back to 67 makes sense. What we have to figure out is how to finance it and how to have better cheaper cares.

And, yes, I am ready to respect other opinions. I am not ready to respect some of the GDP posters who want to tell me this deal is good (any deal is good) and post half truth to tell me that. I did not sign for a church.