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The private insurance companies had abandoned the seniors as far as affordable health insurance in the '60s, forcing President Kennedy to create the concept of Medicare to salvage the situation. So now we have a president who talks individual responsibility and free markets, and gives billions...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author Kane, Joe
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 02.09.2006
EditionCombined editions
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Friedman, Saul
Rubinton, Noel
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Summary:The private insurance companies had abandoned the seniors as far as affordable health insurance in the '60s, forcing President Kennedy to create the concept of Medicare to salvage the situation. So now we have a president who talks individual responsibility and free markets, and gives billions of dollars to the insurance companies to come into the senior health insurance market they abandoned. We now are living with the greatest oxymoron of all times - government-subsidized free enterprise!