[Buckeye McFrog]

I suppose the government now has free reign to force you to purchase Medigap, or any other type of insurance for that matter.

[DariusBane]

I have never understood why so many people camp out at the doctors office. Trying to get new and exciting scripts they see on tv I suppose?

They get sicker and sicker and need new scripts to counteract the side effects of the deadly cocktails of drugs they are on.

[11th Commandment]

I don't see this as “reforming” medicare, just a patch on a government run health care program destine to failure.

[arthurus]

I’m all for the short term fix. Kill the monster. Don’t trim is toenails. Kill it, along with Social Security and every other government benefits program.I am 68 years old and have no retirement other than Social Security and am, of course, on Medicare. But I say kill it and kill the Federal government involvement in insurance and medicine totally. Don’t “replace “ it.