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leftyandproud

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Wed Nov-26-03 05:45 PM
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1. basically..

they are putting private competition into the system...they let seniors have a subsidy that can be used to purchase a variety of private plans, OR they can forgo the subsidy and stick with the traditional medicare plan with an added drug benefit. You pay premiums and deductibles either way...but basically it lets seniors opt out of medicare and go with an HMO with their subsidy...which is a bad thing, because it weakens the system.

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