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Don't be too sure that if everyone who wants it...could purchase Medicare, will solve the current problems. Here is a recent article from NoQuarterUSA.net: Total Medicare claims denied in one year: 475,566 The entire report can be viewed here: AMA 2008 National Health Insurer Report Card Again, I am all for reform. And it is up to the American people to decide on what type of reform is best. But what I don’t like is misinformation, and un-truthfulness. When people bring up their concerns about a Government takeover of health care, or rationing, or the dreaded death panels, they are scoffed at. Yet, looking at the Medicare denial rates, they deny more patients then seven top commercial health insurers. So, perhaps the next time Obama puts down private insurance companies for denying claims, or scoffs at those concerned about rationing, or being denied under a public option, someone can point out to him that Medicare is one of, if not the worst, offender? And while they are busy denying coverage to thousands of people, Medicare is running around willy-nilly overspending by the hundreds of millions of dollars. According to their own auditors, Medicare knowingly overpays for almost everything it buys. Examples include: – $7,215 to rent an oxygen concentrator, when the purchase price is $600. – $4,018 for a standard wheelchair, while the private sector pays $1,048. – $1,825 for a hospital bed, compared to an Internet price of $1,071. – $3,335 for a respiratory pump, versus an advertised price of $1,987. – $82 for a diabetic supply kit, instead of a $47 price on the Web. Last year, the Health and Human Services Department tried to replace its archaic fixed-price fee schedule for 10 commonly purchased products with a competitive bidding program in 10 cities. The department said the program could save Medicare $125 million in a single year, or $1 billion if adopted nationwide. But Congress stepped in to stop it. But Congress stepped in to block it….