MaggieD
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If, as you suggested, we should model a UHC plan off of Medicare, you first need to explain why Medicare is a good option. Specifically, if its that good, then why do people buy more insurance when they already have insurance?
- Everyone's in it by default.
- Medicare Part A is bare minimum coverage available at no charge subsidized by taxpayers.
- Medicare Part B is better than bare minimum, available at very reasonable close and subsidized by taxpayers.
- The negotiating power of Medicare is unparalleled in US history.
- You don't need no stinkin' website to enroll.
- Supplemental coverage is available through the private sector for very reasonable cost.
- Supplemental insurance is not mandatory.
- You don't need 10,535 pages to re-invent the wheel.