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By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Seniors & Boomers healthcare “choice”… enroll in Medicare, or lose your Social Security retirement checks

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:01:29 +0000

[...] John Goodman has even more about Medicare flaws on his Health Policy Blog. Why might they want out? Medicare, like all other government controlled health care programs of a certain age, responds to medical progress at a glacial pace, is fiscally unsustainable, and plagued by shortages. [...]

By: John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog » Blog Archive » Johnson Introduces Medicare “Freedom to Choose” Bill

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:38:31 +0000

[...] Whose Life Is It Anyway? [...]

By: Larry C.

Larry C. — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:48:46 +0000

So. This is a legacy of the Clinton administration.
But, if so, what’s preventing the “pro-freedom” crowd in the White House from reversing the decision?

By: John Goodman

John Goodman — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:44:14 +0000

This is from a Wall Street Journal editorial today:

While the Social Security law does not require participants to accept Medicare, and the Medicare law does not require participants to accept Social Security, the Clinton Administration in 1993 tied the programs together. Under that policy, any senior who withdraws from Medicare also loses Social Security benefits.

By: Joe S.

Joe S. — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:53:41 +0000

Linda:

Just think what might happen if people could opt out of Medicare. Instead of an $85 trillion unfunded liability, we would have a smaller debt. Probably not a lot smaller. But still ….

By: John Goodman

John Goodman — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:32:46 +0000

Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) has a bill that ― if passed ― would make the lawsuit unnecessary.