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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 5015695" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>I  believe that what he paid in over his lifetime would be a pittance compared to what knee joint replacement surgery costs today. especially when it's only 1.45% And Medicare was another Democrat initiative the GOP fought bitterly against. So when you talk about "redistribute  to others" chances are right now Tex's dad is one of the "others" . And BTW based on earlier comments Fat Freddy's retired employee healthcare plan appears to place a heavy dependence on Medicare. So just stop and think for a moment what kind of plan would you retirees wpuld have if Bob Dole had succeeded in his effort to filibuster the House in an attempt to get the Medicare bill back into committee where he had the votes to kill it.</p></blockquote><p></p>