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Friend, I have read most of if not all of the bill; ( whew! that took a while) as I am in the business.

Conclusion: It is simply a way to make medicare available to everyone before 65. What's different now, is that parts A,B,C and D have a different payer and payee. Healthcare is only health insurance; what is insurance? Transfer of risk. That risk is socialized across a wider spectrum of people and the individualized risk is reduced Yours, mine, your kids, parents, etc).

The backbone of that transferrence is the payroll taxes and 1099 taxes if you're self employed or business owner. With that infrastructure, it's paid for already, but a great reliance is placed on the 20 and 30 somethings. The national statistics show that accidental death has a 1.2% payout. The rest is pure profit. If you had those odds in Vegas, you'd be a fool to not quit working for a living and start gambling instead. Because by definition, the older you get - the less likely you are prone to serious accident. The kids are basically footing the bill until THEIR kids take over in about 30yrs.

Additionally, seniors (legally, those over 60) are working longer and the requirement to pay for their medicare is delayed for more yrs. I just had a client who retired for the 1st time at 75... that's 10 yrs of medicare on him alone not used and not gonna be used - he has elected to self pay his parts b, c and d. As people take better care of themselves, the expense will reduce - as projections show.

The kids are too young to realize that the binge drinking, burgers and video games are shortening their lives- at least right now. But they will learn as mortality becomes more real after 40.

I myself am looking forward to my 55th birthday next month and have a routine of morning road racing rides on my bike that I do 4-5 times a week. I'm not as fast and strong as my optimum yrs of 30-38 but my bp measured 116/76 yesterday and my diet consists of 90% fruits and vegetables. My resting heart rate is in the mid 40's to the low 50's during the day and most probably sub-40 at night in my sleep. Where it is normal for the avg adult to be around 72-90/bpm.

My pants are falling off of me. I just paid $60 to have them tailored just to lose additional weight since I took them in. I now have the body the body I had 25 yrs ago. I just went thru 3 surgeries and the doctor's were alarmed that my BPM was too low to continue beyond the 1st of the 3 until they were assured that it was 'normal' for me.

If and when people but down the pizzas and big macs, reductions of chronic illness will reduce the cost of healthcare. You may have a tough time believing or understanding that as you suck down another beer while you're reading this, but if I hit the nail on the head - you're part of the problem, not the healthcare system. Hence the FLOTUS's crusade on fat kids and type 2 diabetes. To get type 2 - you have to eat your way there.

Type 1 is a defect at birth - normally not detectable before about 22 yrs of age. If you are type 2, you most likely have BP trouble, heart and kidney troubles and open the door to alzheimer's and will most probably have a heart attack or stroke. Kidney disease is the 'canary in the coal mine' but people don't pay attention. Until they're hit by 'random' with some form of cancer - it's all related.

You need to stop relying on GOP driven rumor and pay more attention to national statistics regardless of your politics in regards to healthcare issues.