Has Elizabeth Warren Really Thought about Her Tax Plan? Her ignorance on Medicare is Breathtaking

American Thinker ^ | 11/04/2019 | Norman Rogers

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Elizabeth Warren says her plan will result in "everyone get[ting] the care they need, when they need it, and nobody goes broke." It appears that senators, such as Ms. Warren, are excused from the worst effects of Medicare.

I have a friend with a chronic back problem that needed an operation. She got a run-around from her Medicare program for years and finally paid $13,000 to have the operation done privately. My parents were briefly resident in a Medicare nursing home. It was terrible, with demented people wandering around screaming, etc. When they moved to a non-Medicare nursing home, the difference was between a zoo and a 4-star hotel. The cost was only marginally higher. However, doctors declined to visit the patients in the nursing home because the reimbursement was extremely low under Medicare. If you go to a medical facility that mostly deals with seniors, such as an eye clinic, you will find assembly-line medicine: long waits and brief visits to the doctor.

If you have a problem with a private insurance company, it is feasible to sue it, and the company fears that. If you have a problem with Medicare, forget about it. You're dealing with a giant government bureaucracy that is very difficult to sue and that will deal with you in its own sweet time. I know of a case where an appeal was not answered for years. You may be dead long before you get satisfaction.

In Britain, everyone who can possibly afford it has private insurance and has nothing to do with the National Health Service. In the U.S., every effort is made to force seniors to enroll in Medicare Part A. They are denied Social Security if they refuse to enroll.

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so what you're saying is kinda like a a 40 yr old condom you found in a whore house.....

It could give you a false sense of security while you're getting screwed....