Quote:It will never cease to astound me how conservatives vilify the poor for "being on the dole" and in the same breath defend the elderly on medicare, SS or w/e. Might be the first time I've heard someone refer to it the same way as they would the poor, most likely because the elderly is the conservative base.

 

One has to wonder that if the private insurance industry was not the primary source of funds for doctors etc... Would medicare be able to cover doctors more sufficiently?

 

I don't defend any of that except that SS has taken from working people their entire lives and they should get some return on it. If we could end it tomorrow and have a blanket payout to every person of exactly what they've contributed I'd be elated.

 

I'm not sure what insurance payments and Medicare payouts have to do with each other?

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