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In reply to the discussion: I have Medicare it is not free health insurance. [View all]Hoyt
(54,770 posts)7. +1. Don't think most people realize how much beneficiaries pay out of their pocket for Medicare.
By the time you pay $130 or so a month just to qualify for Part B, $45 or so for pretty limited drug coverage, and another $125 plus for decent supplemental, you are paying a bunch out of your Social Security and any other retirement income. And that doesn't count what you paid in taxes while working and payments for non-covered Medicare services including dental, hearing aids, lenses for astigmatism with cataract surgery, drugs, etc. You can save some by going with a Medicare Advantage plan (as about 30% of beneficiaries do), but a lot of people aren't willing to make the sacrifices with smaller networks of providers, etc.
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Thanks. I am not new to DU I just could not use my past log in after the election hack. My email
wasupaloopa
Apr 2017
#14
Well I read many replys to the other medicare thread this morning where posters described Medicare.
wasupaloopa
Apr 2017
#9
What is paid for with payroll deductions is only part A which is coverage for hospital bed days and
wasupaloopa
Apr 2017
#52
In addition, you paid into Medicare through your taxes while you worked.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2017
#3
I have Medicare with no supplemental - but it's through a local hospital and it's great
womanofthehills
Apr 2017
#36
I have no supplemental- I just signed up with our local Presbyterian Hospital in NM
womanofthehills
Apr 2017
#65
I agree with all you are saying and I am not complainging. When I was working I had a high
wasupaloopa
Apr 2017
#10
Thanks for the correction. I was under the impression that private companies contracted with
wasupaloopa
Apr 2017
#11
Wonder what you want I don't care. Some where in my past I had occation to have to deal with CMS
wasupaloopa
Apr 2017
#12
+1. Don't think most people realize how much beneficiaries pay out of their pocket for Medicare.
Hoyt
Apr 2017
#7
We need to curb people/organizations profiting off of controlling healthcare
killbotfactory
Apr 2017
#8
Sales taxes do pay for some health care. I worked for a CA county Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health
wasupaloopa
Apr 2017
#16
somehow we would need to make it permanent like a constitutional amendment saying health care is a
wasupaloopa
Apr 2017
#19
I believe in Medicare for all, but I do not believe it is going to lower the cost more than 8% or
Hoyt
Apr 2017
#25
I do too. Had Kaiser before I went back on employer's plan. I liked it, but didn't have much choice
Hoyt
Apr 2017
#27
I liked Kaiser too. Plus, with Advantage plans, there is a cap on how much you pay out-of-pocket.
Hoyt
Apr 2017
#39
You are eligible at 65 for Medicare, period. No husband, employment, or retirement needed. But there
WinkyDink
Apr 2017
#35
"A lot of people are never in the system in their work"---Not in the US, there aren't.
WinkyDink
Apr 2017
#38
You pay for Part A only through payroll deductions. It covers hospital bed days only and there is a
wasupaloopa
Apr 2017
#55
I'm pretty much in your position, but I don't understany why your supplemental insurance is $180...
George II
Apr 2017
#26
We're 69 and 68 years old, and our UHC plan actually went down to $25 from $29 the prev. year.
George II
Apr 2017
#61
My late 91-yr-old mother's AARP Supplemental cost $250/mo. If our taxes can pay for the Pentagon and
WinkyDink
Apr 2017
#34
I am no expert, but I think this may be the secret. Don't buy all those Humana,
OldHippieChick
Apr 2017
#58