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| n |
Satisfactory
for most people so don’t tinker
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| n |
1/7
no insurance but they are children; rarely use
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physicians
and hospital
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| n |
1/7
Medicaid; deficiencies in health care
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| n |
1/7
poor insurance; catastrophic illness can be devastating
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| n |
2/3
good coverage; 65 Billion annual tax subsidy benefits
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wealthy
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| n |
Affluent
elderly get more benefits from Medicare than they
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contributed
in taxes or premiums, particularly for Part B
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(pay
only 25% of the annual cost)
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| n |
Physicians’
incomes average:$165,000
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| n |
Most
of 5,200 hospitals operate in the black
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