[HughSeries]

...Sure enough, Kennedy has called this massive new drug entitlement “a down-payment”—presumably on increasingly socialized health care...

Because of skyrocketing costs in all areas of healthcare (following the advent and exploitation of third-party pay), socialized healthcare is an inevitability.

The only question is when.

[Wolfie]

...socialized healthcare is an inevitability.

Truer words were never spoken. I only hope it holds off a little longer, so I can benefit from its prime years, before it goes bellyup (unlike SS, which I've been paying into but will never get anything out of).

[Conservative til I die]

Because of skyrocketing costs in all areas of healthcare (following the advent and exploitation of third-party pay), socialized healthcare is an inevitability. The only question is when.

Just got my new rates for Aetna from my ex-employer. I'm unemployed and currently using the COBRA program, where I am allowed to continue my employer healthcare coverage, while paying the same rate as when employed. My employer is an agency/recruiting firm, so we don't get the best insurance rates, so I've been paying $273 a month. The new rate as of Friday is $356. A 30% increase. Unbelieveable.

I don't really have a choice either, as being diagnosed with cancer in October, I'll be lucky to get coverage, if I'm not paying $800 a month for it.