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Fairgo

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2. Need to hang on to Medicare with both hands

Reply to Violet_Crumble (Original post)

Tue May 13, 2014, 08:55 PM

May 2014

Its the right model. We can debate the mechanics of the thing, but anything else is on the slippery slope to predatory health care. Human rights should not be commodities...ever.

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Medicare ahead by a mile in popularity stakes [View all] Violet_Crumble May 2014 OP

thanks for the article itsrobert May 2014 #1

Need to hang on to Medicare with both hands Fairgo May 2014 #2

Now that the Abbott Tea Party has announced co-payments (cute title) for GP visits, Matilda May 2014 #3

I know. I've heard American DUers talk about co-payments... Violet_Crumble May 2014 #4

I don't know what Palmer will do, Matilda May 2014 #5

Angry pensioner sticks it to Abbott Matilda May 2014 #6