[Reagan Man]

Its quite astounding.

People are actually coming onto Free Republic and posting kudos for the new Medicare PDP. They don't seem to understand, this is not a conservative policy. It is 1960`s liberalism, advanced under the guise of big government Republicanism. And guess who is paying for the PDP?

[Czar]

"People are actually coming onto Free Republic and posting kudos for the new Medicare PDP. They don't seem to understand, this is not a conservative policy."

That's because they're not conservatives.

Which always raises the question: what are they doing on a conservative site operated for conservatives?

[FBD]

Affordable health care for the elderly is going to be a growing problem, as our general population ages.
At present, there is little incentive, but there has to be some private solutions to this problem; such as pivate health care co-ops, etc.

It seems to me that the govt could help encourage privatazation of health care for the elderly. They could start by making all financial help from immediate and even extended family members completely tax free, possibly encouraging insurance companies to create some sort of extended family medical health care plan.

I understand that medical savings plans are now available. There is no reason that this concept couldn't be expanded into elderly long term care.

These big govt. programs are always, inefficient, cumbersome, and prone to be used as political tools.
We in this country had better start thinking outside the box for private solutions about our elderly care, or there is going to be a lot of old folks in serious trouble.