Incidentally, from today's NYT:
September 25, 2009 Times Poll: Americans Strongly Favor Public Option By The New York Times
By a margin of 52 percent to 27 percent, Americans believe President Obama has better ideas about overhauling health care than Republicans do, according to a national poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS News. And nearly two-thirds of the country supports creation of a government-run insurance plan, or public option.
http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/times-poll-americans-strongly-favor-public-option/
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shane Mage" <shmage at pipeline.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] fighting over a gag order
>
> On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Marv Gandall wrote:
>
>> How much (very roughly) per annum do MA enrollees pay in the way of
>> premiums, co pays and deductibles? How affordable and popular are these
>> plans for other than the poorest seniors lacking any savings?
>
>
> We pay exactly the same as "regular" medicare. Except (a) we pay nothing
> for Part D, (b) we pay nothing for eyeglasses, and (c) we get much lower
> rates on dental care. There are other benefits, but I haven't needed
> them so I can't give details. We do, however, have to choose doctors
> etc. from a particular list--but each list is so big that this poses no
> particular problem to most seniors.
>
>
> Shane Mage
>
>> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
>> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
>> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>>
>> Herakleitos of Ephesos
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