[FirstPrinciple]

Something tells me you haven't read the bill. In fact, I don't think any member of Congress has either. But, I will defer to your knowledge to ask you what makes you think that Medicare will be gone in 10 years. I am not being facetious.

[Pukin Dog]

Medicare is forced to compete with Private Insurers. Private Insurers have the ability to lower their costs to patients, whereas Medicare does not. Private Insurers have every incentive to lower costs AND improve services to gain additional customers. Medicare is an unmovable monolith, without any flexibility. Medicare costs will be kept down as it dies on the vine, because so few people will stay in that program with better, cheaper options available to them.

I have read the plan, and I wish more of you folks would do so too.

[dalereed]

"what makes you think that Medicare will be gone in 10 years"

Hopefully we will get a conservative Supreme Court that will rule on the basis of the Constitution AS WRITTEN and all social programs including SS and Medicare will be thrown out as unconstitutional.