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HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
10. Medicare? Medicade?
Tue Aug 10, 2021, 09:11 AM
Aug 2021

Original Medicare asks no questions or requires anything. They do not know if you are a smoker or obese to raise rates.

If Medicare Premiums are automatically taken out of a person's Social Security Check, there is the "Hold Harmless Clause", which states the SS check cannot be lowered for increased premiums.

Probably a moot point given about 80% of the elderly are vaccinated, but do you still want to punish the unvaccinated 20%?

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