>You do not seem to understand, seniors do not care about the rationalization...
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>If you are saying that seniors believe that Medicare should respond to any need they declare at whatever cost, then the system is unaffordable.

Seniors have been paying into Medicare and Social Security throughout their working years. They expect it to be there for them in retirement. They will always accept an increase in coverage and reject any cuts. That's how entitlements work and why they're so dangerous. Those who receive them feel "entitled". ;)

>Perhaps you will remember a previous suggestion that healthcare can consume the entire GDP if allowed? Insurers avoid this with exclusions, caps, recissions and risk-shunting. Medicare needs a way to do it too. How do you suppose Medicare should do it?

I do not propose Medicare do anything. I want it eliminated.