WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge from former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and other Social Security recipients who say they have the right to reject Medicare in favor of continuing health coverage from private insurers.
The justices did not comment Monday in letting stand a federal appeals court ruling that held that there is no way for people who receive Social Security to reject Medicare benefits.
Armey, a Texas Republican, and two other former federal employees say private insurance covers more than Medicare. Two other plaintiffs are wealthy individuals who have high deductible private insurance and prefer to pay for their health care.
The case was funded by a group called The Fund For Personal Liberty, which says its purpose is to take on burdensome government regulations.
I am not yet 65 but have continually asked people why I am compelled to sign up for Medicare. I have private health insurance which I can afford and which health care providers prefer as opposed to Medicare due to much better reimbursement rates. I have paid my Medicare taxes since the 1980s but I do not want Medicare. Now I see I am not the only one who does NOT WANT MEDICARE!!! I guess the government doesn’t care what I want. Again my Liberty, my freedom to choose has been taken away by the federal government.
Who in the cert pool wrote the decisión not to proceed? Was it one of the liberal justice’s clerks? The nine justices DID NOT reject this case–one clerk wrote an opinion and for expediency it was pushed through. Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cert_pool for a better understanding of the process and with the entrance of the two radical obummernuts expect MANY more cases like this!