[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.

[Reagan Man]

I basically agree with your post. Obviously PresBush and many FReepers seem to think that a trillion drug program, subsidized by the federal government is the way to go. Call it liberal socialism or big governemnt Republicanism, either way the taxpayers are being screwed once again. The federal government doesn't exist to supply prescription drugs, medical healthcare or retirement programs for America's seniors. Period. We live in a constitutional republic based on limited government. What we have today is more of the same cradle to grave liberalism, that advances the social engineering of people's lives. Get the federal government out of peoples lives.

[Pelham]

Good ideas. Which is surely why none of them have a chance.