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Sanders Will Offer 'Medicare for All' Soon
On 08/17/2017 02:00 AM, Bob F wrote:
On 8/15/2017 4:23 PM, wrote: On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:22:34 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 8/15/2017 4:49 PM, wrote: On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:10:53 -0400, "BurfordTJustice" wrote: and so 2020 begins... Sanders Will Offer 'Medicare for All' Soon https://www.usnews.com/news/best-sta...-all-plan-soon That will be fine until people see the 10-15% across the board taxes necessary to fund it and find out that Medicare only covers 80% of your hospital bill with the included Part A. You pay an additional ~$134 a month (and up depending on income) for "part B" and need an additional policy from private insurance to cover the rest of the doctor bills and the drugs or pay out of pocket. Those plans can be hundreds of dollar a month per person. "Medicare" sounds like a panacea until you really understand what medicare is. It is, perhaps, a stepping stone to a single payer system. Medicare for those of over 65 is subsidized by the working people. If suddenly we are all using it for medical coverage the tax has to go up enormously. Even with taxpayer subsidy, my medicare premium, drug coverage and a good supplement is about $375 for each of us. Free medical is rather expensive for those working. My guess is the typical retiree could pay double or more and the working person will get hit hard too. Exactly! If you tell people a couple will be paying $9000 a year plus higher "first dollar" taxes (medicare currently taxes wages with no floor and no ceiling), the shine will come off of that single payer plan. Except that we pay twice what the rest of the civilized world pays for medical care, and get worse results. http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/24/...ealthcare-act/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/danmunr.../#4cd689bf576f http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/u-s-p...re-rest-world/ I don't want to have to change my diet...nor do I want to exercise. I just want to sit on my big fat ass and admire my big fat gut and take some free government provided pharmaceuticals. |
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