Adele Ferguson

WHAT ARE YOU going to do about health insurance when Obamacare kicks in Oct. 1, I asked a friend I regard as one of the smarter cookies around.

“Keep Medicare,” he replied.

I don’t think you can do that, I said. I keep hearing over and over again on television and the radio and reading in the newspapers politicians reminding me of the president’s promise “If you like your present health care plan, under Obamacare you’ll be able to keep it,” and telling me that’s not true.

“Well, that’s what I’m going to do,” he said. He happens to be a Democrat so he obviously has more faith in the president l...