[Sal]

The laws have been written so that people who turn 65 are kicked out of their plans and virtually forced into Medicare. At the best, any other insurance from continuing work or a pension becomes a way to pay the co-pays and extras. At the worst, everyone who gives medical care must treat them and charge them as though they are on Medicare.

Thank you for posting that because I doubt that many people know that if they haven't turned 65 yet--and therefore haven't yet been told they are on Medicare whether they want it or not.

Never mind that they had private insurance as part of the CONTRACT with their former employers. Suddenly, they are no longer covered by their private contract. Now they are covered by the government and therefore DEPENDENT on the government and most didn't even know it was coming.

Sounds like a PLAN to me and one that worked very successfully for the commies in government...

[hocndoc]

Reno (and Holder) definitely scared many of us doctors about any sort of private contracting or attempts to provide medical care outside of Medicare for those eligible. She even subtly threatened to prosecute and fine patients who tried to go outside the Medicare system, back in ‘96 to ‘98.
http://www.heritage.org/research/healthcare/bg1209.cfm