I think that is the only way Ted Kennedy wanted it to be done. It was irritating to get voice mail messages from Bill Clinton and Obama asking me to vote for Coakley, with the idea I would be supporting Ted Kennedy's dream, when it's the insurance companies that are controlling most of the cash flow. The insurance companies gave lots of money to the Coakley campaign. Medicare down to age 55 would have at least been a start towards what Ted Kennedy wanted, but it was considered to be too expensive. "Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only love." - Amma
--- On Wed, 1/20/10, It's just a ride <bill.hicks.all.a.r...@gmail.com> wrote: From: It's just a ride <bill.hicks.all.a.r...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Scott Brown, my kind of Republican! To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 5:37 AM On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:37 AM, gullible fool <ffl...@yahoo.com> wrote: <<<SNIP>>> Howard Dean was interviewed by Rachael Maddow last night. Governor Dean said that it's best to go back to extending Medicare down to 55 year of age. That is doable through the reconciliation process (God, it sounds like the court hearings they use to have in South Africa). I'm all for that. Then extend to 45, etc., and have a single payer health care system in a few years. The thing is, where I live seniors have to tread lightly because more and more doctors are refusing Medicare for payment. There are just too many give aways in the current Health Care bills. -- Life isn't like a bowl of cherries or peaches.. it's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.