I think one of the main things here is that private insurance just cost too much. I talked to a lady yesterday from England and she explained how their insurance worked, like Tayla is talking about. You have to wait for non-emergency surgery. She is married though and lives here and she said she and her husband pay over 800. a month for insurance for just the 2 of them.

The second thing is that it takes too long for a person to get Social Security that really needs it. After that they have to wait 2 years for their Medicare. Now that payment out of peoples SS checks have gone up to over 90. a month for the medicare. That's a lot when people only draw 5 or 600. a month.

With Medicaid ,the state funds, it pays for everything. You only have to pay a co-payment of 2. to a Dr. or for meds. That wasn't too bad to get here in Co. But I think Co. has a good health care for the elderly and disabled. They try hard to take care of them here. We have the home-health care for the elderly and disabled and they find ways of getting the items you need for your home such as bath chairs and the support things for the bath tub. I know there are states that don't have anything for the elderly and disabled like Co. offers. Every state should have more.

It's the federal part of the Government that is messing things up for people. They get slipped a dollar in their hands to overlook what the big companies are doing to us. Such as the insurance, utility, and the pharmaceutical companies. When they turned all of the medical care part over to the states so they could keep their money then that made things worse.

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