As gauling as it may be I agree with Teddy.
This is likely to pauper everyone for the sake of what. It is wrong to entitle some to raid the purses of others. The only part with which I agree is to allow people to choose doctors outside the system and use their own funds to pay for that care.
This is what my Mother wanted and by law she could not do since she did use Medicare for some (very little) of her care. She could not go to a non-Medicare physician and pay that person with her own funds! The rich go outside the US to do it.
If medication is needed, I believe there should be no thievery from the homes of others to pay for it.
Here is something else in the bill: Means testing. Ordinarily I would favor this but there is a problem here
Wealthier Americans made more money while they worked, therefore they paid MORE into Medicare than the average worker. Now, after paying so much into Medicare, they will be charged more than the ordinary old people for trips to the doctor.
Does that not punish acheivement?