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Hoyt

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53. So the Medicare prescription drug program and Medicare Advantage would not fit your definition?

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 03:35 AM

Mar 2014

Those are run by risk taking private insurance companies.

Heck, regular Medicare is pretty much run/administered by insurance companies, under federal guidelines and federal money. So is Medicare in most states. How about student loans? Shoot, you have to use food stamps at for profit stores.

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So the Medicare prescription drug program and Medicare Advantage would not fit your definition? Hoyt Mar 2014 #53

Some student loans are social programs, others are not Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #56

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yep RandoLoodie Mar 2014 #58

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From your link: ucrdem Mar 2014 #20

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