Letter Of The Day

I must have read this statement in the Register dozens of times. “The administrative costs of Medicare are only 3 percent compared to the 15 percent administrative costs of private health insurers.” I have been using Medicare insurance for almost two years and can explain why. There are almost no checks for fraud or abuse in Medicare.

The most common expression in the medical profession is, “Medicare will pay.” Health-care providers are only too happy to help you fill out the forms, schedule monthly visits and provide all kinds of medical devices that require only the doctor's prescription. The TV ads pushing motorized chairs for disabled patients is only one of the many ways Medicare is being abused.

I have seen the government's version of health care up close, and I don't think the country can afford it in its present form.

— Richard L. Powell, Grimes.

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