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Public option won't kill private
By John Foderick, Mankato

On Monday, Gary Lindsay wrote that in his insurance processing business 95 percent of his problems are with Medicare and Medicaid. Because he does not go into detail about what is so horrible, I am curious what the “95 percent of problems” actually are.
I assume that the problems are with billing and not with the actual care that the patient receives. Ask any senior today if they like how Medicare works for them and I’m sure you would get 95 percent (or more) positive feedback.
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