Comments on: Should Eligibility for Medicare Be Lowered to Age 55? http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-eligibility-for-medicare-be-lowered-to-age-55/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dennis Orsak http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-eligibility-for-medicare-be-lowered-to-age-55/comment-page-1/#comment-50458 Dennis Orsak Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:02:12 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7447#comment-50458 Medicare is broke! How in the world do they think they can expand it to people in my age bracket! The insanity continues! Medicare is broke! How in the world do they think they can expand it to people in my age bracket! The insanity continues!

]]> By: Ken http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-eligibility-for-medicare-be-lowered-to-age-55/comment-page-1/#comment-50379 Ken Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:04:06 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7447#comment-50379 Gilbert: I like the way you think. Gilbert: I like the way you think.

]]> By: Gilbert P. Siegmund http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-eligibility-for-medicare-be-lowered-to-age-55/comment-page-1/#comment-50377 Gilbert P. Siegmund Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:01:50 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7447#comment-50377 The current idiotic, so-called healthcare reform, with the real goal of socializing all of our healthcare providers and perhaps including people 55 or older in Medicare is absolutely not in the interests of the United States of America or its people. There is no health-care crisis that cannot be handled by private insurance carriers with some minor governmental aid for those few people who really cannot afford insurance or can't qualify for health insurance. Make no mistake about it, there is no need or urgency to pass this type of liberal, left-wing, socialistic healthcare reform. The only quite apparent urgency is to increase federal power and establish massive bureaucracies, and that's the real goal, in my opinion. We most certainly should not place 1/6 of our economy in the hands of the federal government. Reducing the age of eligibility for medicare to 55 is another ploy to have more federal interference in what should be taken care of by private insurers. The next move would most likely be including those under the age of 55. At this time, the federal government is set to run out of funds for medicare in about 8 years. The government can't even handle social security or medicare properly--in terms of funding. Additionally, adding trillions of dollars in national debt to achieve public, single payer, all inclusive federal healthcare-- government, socialized healthcare for all will be extremely counterproductive to our economy and the national debt that we now have. A great deal of evidence from the United Kingdom, Canada, and France indicates that all inclusive, public, governmental healthcare leads to no treatment, reduced and inferior treatment, and various forms of rationing--especially as concerns our senior citizens. These three countries keep running out of funds for healthcare, especially for the elderly. Formulas that are used to exclude people over a certain age from receiving essential medical treatment is the same as euthenasia or mercy killing. Putting a lot governmental bureaucrats between you and your physician seriously violates the patient-doctor relationship. Moreover, the federal government cannot stop or prevent a whole lot of medicare fraud that is said to be taking place. Also, there have been no proposals to reform tort law with respect to medical care. All prior evidence indicates that the U.S. Federal Government has no business being in the health business. Thankyou for the opportunity to express my findings on this matter. The current idiotic, so-called healthcare reform, with the real goal of socializing all of our healthcare providers and perhaps including people 55 or older in Medicare is absolutely not in the interests of the United States of America or its people. There is no health-care crisis that cannot be handled by private insurance carriers with some minor governmental aid for those few people who really cannot afford insurance or can’t qualify for health insurance.

Make no mistake about it, there is no need or urgency to pass this type of liberal, left-wing, socialistic healthcare reform. The only quite apparent urgency is to increase federal power and establish massive bureaucracies, and that’s the real goal, in my opinion. We most certainly should not place 1/6 of our economy in the hands of the federal government. Reducing the age of eligibility for medicare to 55 is another ploy to have more federal interference in what should be taken care of by private insurers. The next move would most likely be including those under the age of 55.
At this time, the federal government is set to run out of funds for medicare in about 8 years. The government can’t even handle social security or medicare properly–in terms of funding. Additionally, adding trillions of dollars in national debt to achieve public, single payer, all inclusive federal healthcare– government, socialized healthcare for all will be extremely counterproductive to our economy and the national debt that we now have.
A great deal of evidence from the United Kingdom, Canada, and France indicates that all inclusive, public, governmental healthcare leads to no treatment, reduced and inferior treatment, and various forms of rationing–especially as concerns our senior citizens. These three countries keep running out of funds for healthcare, especially for the elderly. Formulas that are used to exclude people over a certain age from receiving essential medical treatment is the same as euthenasia or mercy killing.
Putting a lot governmental bureaucrats between you and your physician seriously violates the patient-doctor relationship. Moreover, the federal government cannot stop or prevent a whole lot of medicare fraud that is said to be taking place. Also, there have been no proposals to reform tort law with respect to medical care.
All prior evidence indicates that the U.S. Federal Government has no business being in the health business. Thankyou for the opportunity to express my findings on this matter.

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-eligibility-for-medicare-be-lowered-to-age-55/comment-page-1/#comment-50372 Devon Herrick Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:26:02 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7447#comment-50372 Medicare reimburses hospital 30% less; and doctors 20% less than private insurers. Moreover, this will exacerbate the shortage of primary care providers, who can barely afford to treat Medicare patients on account of the low fees. Plus, there will inevitably be outcries from the eligible group to expand taxpayer subsidies when they discover that Medicare cannot cover 55-64 year old enrollees at premiums this group considers affordable. Medicare reimburses hospital 30% less; and doctors 20% less than private insurers. Moreover, this will exacerbate the shortage of primary care providers, who can barely afford to treat Medicare patients on account of the low fees. Plus, there will inevitably be outcries from the eligible group to expand taxpayer subsidies when they discover that Medicare cannot cover 55-64 year old enrollees at premiums this group considers affordable.

]]> By: Larry C. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-eligibility-for-medicare-be-lowered-to-age-55/comment-page-1/#comment-50371 Larry C. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:20:31 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7447#comment-50371 Medicare is already essentially bankrupt. Why would any rational person consider expanding it? Medicare is already essentially bankrupt. Why would any rational person consider expanding it?

]]> By: Bruce http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-eligibility-for-medicare-be-lowered-to-age-55/comment-page-1/#comment-50370 Bruce Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:05:46 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7447#comment-50370 All these people complaining are the very ones who were perfectly willing to sell out to a bad health reform bill, so long as someone else's ox was getting gored. When it's their own ox, they want sympathy from the rest of us? Sorry, I'm not buying it. All these people complaining are the very ones who were perfectly willing to sell out to a bad health reform bill, so long as someone else’s ox was getting gored.

When it’s their own ox, they want sympathy from the rest of us? Sorry, I’m not buying it.

]]> By: Tom H. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-eligibility-for-medicare-be-lowered-to-age-55/comment-page-1/#comment-50368 Tom H. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:01:46 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7447#comment-50368 If nobody likes the idea, why are the Senators talking about it? If nobody likes the idea, why are the Senators talking about it?

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