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Polybius

(15,446 posts) Sun Sep 15, 2019, 12:57 PM Sep 2019

Have a question about Medicare for all [View all]

Right now I'm making under $40,000 a year. Healthcare for me would be roughly $320 a month, with the ACA, and that's just basic coverage. It still costs money to get sick.

So, it if were repealed and replaced by Medicare for all, would it be completely free for myself and others in my income range? Would medicine cost $1?

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Have a question about Medicare for all [View all] Polybius Sep 2019 OP

The details for all the proposals are unknown at this point, elleng Sep 2019 #1

A 4% premium based on income sounds like a detail to me. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2019 #6

Because we need to have the choice of the crappy ass employer private insurance Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #11

Depends on the scheme used, your taxes would increase based on a progressive tax structure... Humanist_Activist Sep 2019 #2

I don't mind taxes being increased Polybius Sep 2019 #3

I would imagine it would be from within the FICA taxes we already pay... Humanist_Activist Sep 2019 #5

I believe no copays or deductibles, and $200 total out of pocket drug coverage per year, otherwise vsrazdem Sep 2019 #4

Not free entirely Bev54 Sep 2019 #7

Medicare is not free. Control-Z Sep 2019 #8

Medicare for all is not medicare. Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #10

We all know where people got the idea that Medicare is "free" Leith Sep 2019 #12

Wouldn't that be a selling point?? Control-Z Sep 2019 #13

No Leith Sep 2019 #14

It's free for those making under $14,000 a year Polybius Sep 2019 #15

If you are working you will likely see a higher payroll tax. Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #9