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Single Payer Health Systems

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4. Medicare is contracted out

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:03 PM

Oct 2012

So is Medicaid. Has been for decades. The actual provisioning is done by private companies.

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“New Public Option” Not a Public Option [View all] limpyhobbler Oct 2012 OP

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At least he is not lying to people by saying the health plan has a public option. limpyhobbler Oct 2012 #3

Medicare is contracted out Recursion Oct 2012 #4

I always thought that was the difference between Original Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage ? limpyhobbler Oct 2012 #5

It's the provisioning that's contracted Recursion Oct 2012 #6

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