Agreed. My dad just got out of the hospital for a blood clot, and my mom is looking at over $1000 in co-pays for two weeks worth of meds for my dad, and this is him using his private insurance AND medicare to pay for his meds. Ann Marie www.amarigsd.com Home of Ch Fairway's Leah v Nadelwald TC ROM OFA Ch Amari's Beware of Foxy Roxy CGC TC OFA Amari's Elizabeth Taylor (Major pointed/Best in Show Bred-By winner) Breeder/Owner of R/Best in Futurity Ch Amari's Ava Gardner TC OFA Ch Amari's Bandit of Broadcreek OFA (Multiple Group Placer) Amari's Blissfull Jazz CGC TDI (Major pointed) Amari's Cinderella von Hornberger (Ch pointed) Amari's Chances Are (Ch pointed) Amari's Ella Enchanted (Ch pointed @ 7 months/Major Reserve @ 11 months) --- On Wed, 12/9/09, Carolyn Martello <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Carolyn Martello <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Government run health care!!!! To: utter227@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, ELG440@xxxxxxx Cc: "showgsd-l shepherd" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 4:18 PM I don't want to get embroiled in a political discussion.........but MediCare brings it out in me........ <G> We had / have GREAT Health Insurance.......covered everything but Dental. We paid for it for almost a lifetime....and they STILL take a huge chunk out of my husbands retirement so it is a small retirement. Kills the show scene.....<G> Then when you reach a "certain age".....( older than dirt ) <G>......you are FORCED to go on MediCare. You don't "need" it as you already are paying for great insurance......but you have no choice...you have to sign up for this "Government run" Health Care. THEN it changes......suddenly your prescription co-pay changes.....from your great insurance that you paid for all of your life that has a $5.00 co pay for Presc. and Dr....changes. On Medicare the Dr. co pay goes UP. Prescription prices vary from $3.89 to $70.00......you never know which.......and because MediCare kicks in our great Insurance now doesn't cover as much. They leave some of it up to Medicare which never ever covers what great Insurance does. Medicare keeps raising prices and taking more away on Medicare......and take a chunk out of your S.S. after you paid for 50 yrs. on the great Medical Health Insurance.........that is STILL taking out of our retirement!!! So NOW........we have the Insurance AND Medicare taking out of Retirement AND S.S. We lose in ALL ways! The problem is......it is probably great for some.....but for those that don't need it NOR want it....you should not have to sign up for it!!! The Government Medicare shoots itself in the foot with that....and shoots us in the foot! Now we're looking at possibly a BIGGER MEDICARE........ Dog related......I'm here on the computer complaining about Medicare instead of out romping in the freezing snow with the dogs who LOVE IT!!! We have a foot of frozen snow and it's a "beautiful thing" to watch a solid black Grand Victrix gait across the snow with sheer joy in her eyes as Cowboy runs HUGE circles of joy around all of us..........and oh how they love to "root around" in it!!! Probably looking for our Insurance Policy that got buried in Medicare snow.........<G> Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.Marhaven.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Utter To: ELG440@xxxxxxx Cc: showgsd-l shepherd Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 3:48 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Government run health care!!!! Problem is that it is getting so that some doctors won't accept medicare as the medicare $ is being cut to doctors. I had this happen so it isn't just hearsay. Also, there are many types of BCBS and our daughter (who has C.F.) is really in a bind as her husband's workplace offers one that is "S" and she says that stands for "Stinks". Most of the specialists she needs don't accept that kind and don't tell her to go to the C.F. foundation for help since when they ask the income, the kids are told they aren't eligible. No one ever takes into account the major and many medical bills and prescription bills coming in every month for her care so they can't keep up with them all. But, I'll take our system over total government run care for sure. And our Pet Referral hospital and our Vet still take great care of our dogs and work with us. (dog related!) Anne, TN On Dec 9, 2009, at 6:34 PM, ELG440@xxxxxxx wrote: > I am > fine if they extend government to medical care for everyone. Just > run it > like they do medicare. If you want top quality coverage, it isn't > easy to > find a better system. > Anne utter227@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =========================================================================== POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. 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