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Barack Obama

In reply to the discussion: obamacare: a fact or two [View all]

Thinkingabout

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1. I wish this could have been national health insurance as enjoyed in many other nations but this a
Mon Jul 8, 2013, 10:21 PM
Jul 2013

Start in the right direction. I have enjoyed medical insurance through collective bargaining over the years but know this needs to be universal. It has taken a long time but the fruits are yet to be picked. When I hear young folks say they can't afford to pay an insurance premium I would like to inform them Social security receipts get on the average of $1200 a month and out of that they pay $104 a month for Medicare. It can be done.

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