http://www.ourfiscalfuture.org/calling-the-question-on-the-national-debt/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:12:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.ourfiscalfuture.org/calling-the-question-on-the-national-debt/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Lucy Wilson Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:06:34 +0000 http://www.ourfiscalfuture.org/?p=360#comment-14 In your discussion of fairness, I think consideration should also be given between the low income citizen and the wealthy and middle class. A low income person with modest savings and ineligible for insurance coverage is not treated fairly when a standard medical procedure such as a colonoscopy is required. They have to surrender meager life savings to pay much higher prices than either medicare or insurance companies in order to have the same health benefits. In your discussion of fairness, I think consideration should also be given between the low income citizen and the wealthy and middle class. A low income person with modest savings and ineligible for insurance coverage is not treated fairly when a standard medical procedure such as a colonoscopy is required. They have to surrender meager life savings to pay much higher prices than either medicare or insurance companies in order to have the same health benefits.

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