[grania]

You think GWB is against Obamacare? His pharmaceutical program for seniors is a huge step toward federal medicine. Thank goodness it’s not mandatory....I have no urge to subsidize pharmaceutical drug jumkies.

[kempster]

I think GWB is a damn RINO. I was just saying he has kept his mouth shut over the most controversial of issues and now he decides we need his input. I don’t need to hear a word from this Democrat in Republican clothes. I am aware of all the damage he did in his last two years. Now I am seeing the damage he did in his first years also.

[TomGuy]

His pharmaceutical program for seniors is a huge step toward federal medicine. Thank goodness it’s not mandatory....

It IS mandatory, sort of. Once one gets on Medicare (mandatory at age 65), they MUST be enrolled in an approved company or Medicare prescription drug plan. If they are not, they get assessed a penalty. That penalty increases every year they are not enrolled. If/when they do enroll, the accumulated penalties are applied to their premiums forever.

Note that the only way to avoid SS/Medicare is to never apply for SS. Then, basically, you forfeit the amounts you and your employers paid in over the years.