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WePurrsevere

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Sat Jan-24-09 08:52 PM
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8. Using Medicare as the base makes sense but I'd like to see...

Dental, Optical and Prescription all bundled in with it. Also Medicare needs to make more needed medical equipment for quality of life more readily available.

Medicaid might also make a good base, they'd just have to figure out how much to charge per month for those not low income.

Mind you my favorite idea is that all Americans get the SAME health care benefits as their Congressional and Senatorial reps.

The thing is we have the basics of "social" health care plans in place.. we just need to work out the kinks, expand and implement them.

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Open up Medicare to all	ColbertWatcher	Jan-24-09 07:30 PM	#0
Ah, you beat me to it!	CaliforniaPeggy	Jan-24-09 07:35 PM	#1
Sorry.	ColbertWatcher	Jan-24-09 08:09 PM	#7
That's apt to be the solution that the new administration will chose.	Hieronymus	Jan-24-09 07:38 PM	#2
That's certainly what I would do if I were them.	Jackpine Radical	Jan-24-09 07:46 PM	#4
It's what my new Senator supports.	TheWraith	Jan-24-09 11:07 PM	#12
Let us hope!	Delphinus	Jan-25-09 07:14 AM	#16
For outpatient psychotherapists, at least, the argument about how low	Jackpine Radical	Jan-24-09 07:45 PM	#3
Great point. Thanks for a provider opinion. One real problem with reimbursement rates	pinto	Jan-24-09 07:55 PM	#6
I second that opinion.	pinto	Jan-24-09 07:51 PM	#5
Using Medicare as the base makes sense but I'd like to see...	WePurrsevere	Jan-24-09 08:52 PM	#8
"Dental, Optical and Prescription all bundled in with it"	ColbertWatcher	Jan-24-09 09:19 PM	#9
I really hope they do. Dental tends to be all to often overlooked	WePurrsevere	Jan-25-09 06:27 AM	#14
Yep, agree. I had expensive dental work this year and we tried hard to find an avenue for coverage.	pinto	Jan-24-09 09:29 PM	#10
Medicare is a great program but there are areas, like with dental...	WePurrsevere	Jan-25-09 07:06 AM	#15
Why not start with opening it up to the uninsured under 65?	Merlot	Jan-24-09 09:45 PM	#11
Kick. (n/t)	area51	Jan-25-09 04:02 AM	#13
Opening Medicare to everyone is the most logical way to solve	Vinca	Jan-25-09 08:24 AM	#17
kick	L0oniX	Jan-25-09 12:58 PM	#18
How to increase reimbursement levels	eridani	Jan-25-09 11:17 PM	#19

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