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Hoyt

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6. Rearranging benefits for granny, and you and me, makes sense.

Reply to grahamhgreen (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 11, 2013, 06:01 PM

Apr 2013

If I come out $250 a month better on the Medicare side, I'll gladly keep giving away $25 to $35 or so in COLA, particularly if my benefits get readjusted after 10 years as Obama's plan requires, and those on the low end are protected.

Heck, they can cut my SS $500 or so a month, if they'll pay for an apartment. I'll give up another several hundred if they give me food stamps, transportation, home health without the big co-pays, etc.

Try to look at the big picture.

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