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I agree. I've been active in helping my grandparents manage their affairs the last few years and I find it interesting how frictionless it is for them, under th
by klenwell 15y ago
I agree. I've been active in helping my grandparents manage their affairs the last few years and I find it interesting how frictionless it is for them, under the Kaiser HMO, to get medical services, especially prescriptions. I find it a little too frictionless at times.
They sometimes show me the paperwork Kaiser gives them, but I don't remember ever seeing an itemized bill. I'd find it insightful, as I think they would too, to see a list of expenses. I'd also like them, and everyone (especially seniors), to see how much of those costs the government bears.
Although I don't get too deeply into the politics of it with them, my grandparents are part of that Fox News senior demographic that would probably happily repeal "Obamacare" while being kept blissfully unaware of the benefits they enjoy because of government assistance.
- CWuestefeld 15y agoI'd also like them, and everyone (especially seniors), to see how much of those costs the government bears. At the risk of being pedantic, this is one case where one needs to remember that the government never bears any costs of anything. To the point: I'd also like them, and everyone (especially seniors), to see how much of those costs their fellow taxpayers bear.
- kenjackson 15y agoJust curious, who is the government, if not your fellow taxpayers? I always assume the government are fellow taxpayers. A lot people seem to think government is some group of people they've never met that live in a far away land.