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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

I still don't have the answers to these questions...Does anyone have any 
specific knowledge?  I know there has been a lot of talk about the 
Canadian system, but I am talking about the US legislation...

> 1.  They have heard that good medical care for those over the age of 59
> will be hard to find.  They have heard rumors that fewer diagnostic
> tests will be performed, fewer will get timely referrals to specialists,
> and medications will likely be generic only.
> Is there any kind of age breakdown-special circumstances for seniors,
> etc. -cut in the new proposal?

> 2.  What does the new plan say about those who intend to have surgeries
> overseas?  Will insurance companies pay for elective surgeries and
> treatments done elsewhere?
>
> 3.  If Medicare is cut, exactly where will those cuts come from?  Will
> it be at the expense of our elderly, and eventually us, those who are
> approaching being able to eat off the senior menu-the AARP crowd?  Right
> now, I have a neighbor who has stage 4 prostate cancer who needs several
> surgeries, non-cancer related, blood clots, etc.  His former physicians
> are no longer accepting Medicare patients and the closest physician he
> has found that will accept him as a patient is down outside of Atlanta.
>  That is a long drive for someone who is sick and elderly.  Is this an
> omen for the future of eldercare?


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