General Discussion

reached $14,000/year before I qualified for Medicare.

I still think a public option would have been the best solution. It defies belief that private insurance, with its plethora of middlemen contractors and barriers to care, could actually deliver the same or better health outcomes at lower cost and still squeeze profits out for senior execs & shareholders; but if that's the argument, why not put it to the test by letting it compete against a public option?