

Medicare, of course, is a government program. The key thing you need to know about health care is that it depends crucially on insurance. Keep your government hands off my Medicare the man said, launching a thousand ironic riffs. Keep your government hands off my Medicare Such comments spotlight a central question animating Suzanne Mettlers provocative and timely book: why are. And that government involvement is the only reason our system works at all. At a recent town hall meeting, a man stood up and told Representative Bob Inglis to keep your government hands off my Medicare. After Reagan was elected, fortunately he made no move to. They don’t understand, in particular, that getting the government involved in health care wouldn’t be a radical step: the government is already deeply involved, even in private insurance. During the rise of the Tea Party in the early 2000s, we saw signs at Tea Party rallies, Keep your government hands off my Medicare. It’s not just that many Americans don’t understand what President Obama is proposing many people don’t understand the way American health care works right now. I think it springs from a lot of people saying that they,' don't want no Government Healthcare and keep your Government hands off my Medicare' during the last elections.

Inglis said, ‘wasn’t having any of it. It’s a funny story - but it illustrates the extent to which health reform must climb a wall of misinformation. carrying signs that said: Keep your government hands off my Medicare. At a recent town hall meeting, a man stood up and told Representative Bob Inglis to ‘keep your government hands off my Medicare. The congressman, a Republican from South Carolina, tried to explain that Medicare is already a government program - but the voter, Mr. By the middle of the last century, as the cost of medical care started to rise.
