Well put, Lori!! I, too, am on Medicare, in fact when I was diagnosed with TM, I had been on Social Security Disability for 2 years and on Medicare 1 month. Medicare and my secondary insurance (which is state run) paid the many thousands dollars that my healthcare cost. In the last 13 years since TM came to our house, I have been hospitalized 3 different times for a week each and again, Medicare and my secondary health insurance covered my care costs!! Frequently things aren't done like we'd do it, but to say ahead of time that it's going to fail, is ludicrous!!!
janh --- On Mon, 8/3/09, Lori Biehler <[email protected]> wrote: From: Lori Biehler <[email protected]> Subject: [TMIC] Healthcare To: [email protected] Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 4:39 PM I have read a ton of comments on here and I can just say this, I do get Medicare, and I am a VietNam Era veteran who qualifies for all VA medical care. I do not use the VA because I can afford not to, but in my humble opinion, if government run healthcare is good enough and has been for a long, long time for our veterans, why would I ever complain? I don't really hear our elderly complain, I don't complain, I am happy I have Medicare. No, it is not perfect, nothing is, but is works, has worked and we all say we support our vets, if we don't like the healthcare, shouldn't we improve their healthcare first? Lori
