>>>John, John, John.
>>>How you do go on!
>>>It's absurd to blame oldsters for that deficit.
>>>I just saw the bill that Medicare had to pay for my 5 day stay in the hospital in February.
>>>$77K for 5 days in the hospital and that doesn't include MD bills.
>>>That's over $15K per day, John.
>>>Get real!
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>Bill, Bill, Bill,
>How you do go on!
>It's absurd to blame me for inflated US medical prices.
>If the hospital is charging over $15K per day for hotel services then there's something badly wrong in your medical system. So what do you propose to do about it- apart from taxing the young?
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Well, John, why not start by recognizing the problem, rather than villainizing Grandma and Grandpa.
There is no conceivable funding mechanism that can handle charges like those.
My children are being choked by private insurance premiums - blame Grandma for that?