While those choosing to exit would lose their Medicare subsidies, they would gain something more precious: the freedom to use their own money to buy the insurance they want, without fear of government rationing or losing their Social Security benefits.

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But if the money were to come from the EFSF, well in those circumstances Finland has said it would fear that the money would be too much at risk of loss - so it is demanding collateral or security for its share of any such loan.

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