[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
And the Medicare model is broken. Medicare costs have spiraled out of control, especially in recent years.

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Which is why the financing for the new plans are virtually nothing like medicare. Medicare is not designed as a pay-as-you-go plan, hence the huge surplus it had 10 years ago. And premiums are exactly the same for all, regardless of age. The public plan will be primarily financed by current premiums and compete with private plans, with lower premiums for comparable coverage and guaranteed insurablitiy.