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medicare is "socialized medicine". taxpayer funded, single payer system with an age 65 requirement--just get rid of the age 65 condtion.   Here is what President elect Obama says about your idea.   President-elect Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to tackle out-of-control Social Security and Medicare spending and named a special watchdog to clamp down on other federal programs   If Medicare is out of control...

why are uaw retirees treated as if they are more important than white collar workers?   where do i start?   in free countries people like some levels of democracy and some even go far as to think they should have a small voice in the place where they spend most of their working lives. they join unions and while unions do not have veto power they can require that the employer listen and can serve as a check on management...

I'm behind today and skimming fast, but I'm seeing a lot of comments that look more like political attacks and attacks on lawyers and doctors than UAW related comments.

Look, this is the typical UAW auto worker. Says who? Is he black? Is that the average pay? The mean, median or mode? That was put out there to get the very reaction your showing. Since, its written it, must be gospel.   Ya just can't believe everything you read. Joe the plumber isn't making $150,000 a year either. I just have that feeling.

earlier in this thread there were a lot of references to 1998 and the UAW vs GM strike. i really think as far as the healthcare issues go, there have been a lot of medical advances and that coupled with the good continuous medical care has resulted in the retirees living a lot longer than anyone projected.

Yep, they are '61 Fords, and I don't know if they used Tudors because of the weight or some stock classification rule that they needed to satisfy. I would think that aerodynamics count for quite a bit on the salt flats for certain classes (hence the belly tank laketers of the 50's)>  

the international is the parent part of the UAW-- headquartered at solidarity house in detroit-   Thank you for the explanation.

It's really stunning how quickly medical exoenses add up. It's a truckload of Malibus!

In a recent billing for an outpatient procedure my wife had done at a large hospital, they had billed for hundreds, I'm thinking $700-$800 for one part; they were paid $23 or something of that order by our insurance company.   >I feel the individual should be responsible for their own health care.   I like that philosophy.   >The government places limits on what doctors and hospitals can charge,...

Good Post!