So add 55+ers to Medicare using reconciliation and dare them to take that away 5 years later

[CreekDog]

I think once that program is expanded, it's not going away.

[derby378]

1. But what happens to everyone under 55?

Will they have access to a public option instead of being forced to buy private health insurance with annual caps and no guarantee that pre-existing conditions will be done away with?

[CreekDog]

10. I didn't say ONLY to do that

:eyes:

[derby378]

15. Duly noted (n/t)

[napi21]

2. Hartmann wants them to reduce the qual. age to ZERO!

I say not zero, but 18 or 24 or whatever age the child care ins. stops.

[derby378]

3. That would help

:hi:

[bluestateguy]

4. Indeed

Government programs are very hard to take away. SCHIP was created in 1997 and has only grown since then; same with Americorps.

BUT to pass reconciliation rules, it has to reduce the deficit, even if by only a small amount. This CBO analysis has be nervous.

[MNDemNY]

5. If we are going to use reconciliation, why waste it?

MEDICARE FOR ALL !

[HillGal]

6. The costs were estimated at minimum $600 per month for people 55

to sign up with Medicare, who could even afford that? I sure couldn't.

[jaxx]

7. Isn't that until 2014 when the subsidies kick in?

I think medicaid will help until then.

[Vincardog]

9. My states Medicaid will pay for a quit smoking class and that is about it

[jaxx]

11. According to some I work with medicaid pays for everything they need medically.

[Vincardog]

12. I will bet you a dollar they do not live in IOWA

[jaxx]

13. Across the river in IL.

[Vincardog]

14. That probably explains it.

[HillGal]

16. How many doctors accept medicaid? you can't find a doctor

less then a half hours drive around here who take medicaid, and increasingly more doctors are dropping medicare.

[Vincardog]

8. I could afford it if I gave up living in a house and eating

[FrenchieCat]

17. They could do that.....certainly!