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Us old folks think we are paying the whole bill for our Medicare. How wrong we are. Every employer is required to withhold 1.45% from each employee's check and then match it with 1.45% for a total of 2.9%. No wonder they are wanting to ration our care and get us on to the afterlife. This does apply to any goverment workers railroad workers military state employees and such. :wink: :wink:
 

Sandhusker

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hurleyjd said:
Us old folks think we are paying the whole bill for our Medicare. How wrong we are. Every employer is required to withhold 1.45% from each employee's check and then match it with 1.45% for a total of 2.9%. No wonder they are wanting to ration our care and get us on to the afterlife. This does apply to any goverment workers railroad workers military state employees and such. :wink: :wink:

And what is Medicare's current financial condidition under government's management?
 
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Sandhusker said:
hurleyjd said:
Us old folks think we are paying the whole bill for our Medicare. How wrong we are. Every employer is required to withhold 1.45% from each employee's check and then match it with 1.45% for a total of 2.9%. No wonder they are wanting to ration our care and get us on to the afterlife. This does apply to any goverment workers railroad workers military state employees and such. :wink: :wink:

And what is Medicare's current financial condidition under government's management?[/quote
They are still paying the healthcare bills. They could fix it like Reagan fixed the Social security. Make you be 70 years old before you would be covered. See I have answers to fix everything just go back and look at history you will find an answer.
 
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hurleyjd said:
Sandhusker said:
hurleyjd said:
Us old folks think we are paying the whole bill for our Medicare. How wrong we are. Every employer is required to withhold 1.45% from each employee's check and then match it with 1.45% for a total of 2.9%. No wonder they are wanting to ration our care and get us on to the afterlife. This does apply to any goverment workers railroad workers military state employees and such. :wink: :wink:

And what is Medicare's current financial condidition under government's management?[/quote
They are still paying the healthcare bills. They could fix it like Reagan fixed the Social security. Make you be 70 years old before you would be covered. See I have answers to fix everything just go back and look at history you will find an answer.

But then they still have that group under 70 they have to find a way for coverage of....
There is no doubts- fixing this is going to cost--but the reason the cost has gotten so high is because we've done nothing about it for 30 years- and without intervention it will continue to get higher...

Personally- for now- I think they should totally leave medicare alone- get everyone else access to health care insurance first...Medicare users are plumb happy with the plan...The only thing I saw in any of the bills that even touched much on Medicare- was since Doctors/Clinics are already paid on a fee basis for medicare patients- so some Doctors won't take Medicare patients- they talked of trying to better balance out the fee being paid, to the going rate-and simplify the claim filing- to bring more Doctors and Clinics into treating medicare patients...
 

Sandhusker

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Medicare's unfunded liability is over 5 times that of Social Security. Combined, the bill is over 100 Trillion. Medicare is paying, but they're paying via a credit card. You want to put the same people who run Medicare and Social Security in charge of everybody's healthcare? That's insane, Hurley.
 
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Oldtimer said:
hurleyjd said:
Sandhusker said:
And what is Medicare's current financial condidition under government's management?[/quote
They are still paying the healthcare bills. They could fix it like Reagan fixed the Social security. Make you be 70 years old before you would be covered. See I have answers to fix everything just go back and look at history you will find an answer.

But then they still have that group under 70 they have to find a way for coverage of....
There is no doubts- fixing this is going to cost--but the reason the cost has gotten so high is because we've done nothing about it for 30 years- and without intervention it will continue to get higher...

Personally- for now- I think they should totally leave medicare alone- get everyone else access to health care insurance first...Medicare users are plumb happy with the plan...The only thing I saw in any of the bills that even touched much on Medicare- was since Doctors/Clinics are already paid on a fee basis for medicare patients- so some Doctors won't take Medicare patients- they talked of trying to better balance out the fee being paid, to the going rate-and simplify the claim filing- to bring more Doctors and Clinics into treating medicare patients...

OT: Of all the post I have posted I have tried to highlight the fact that healthcare is a problem Some are addressing it and some are very well against it. Our Congressman Louie Gohmert here in Texas has the answer according to him. That is open a tax exempt medical savings account, and when you have have a healthcare problem then take it out of there and pay for it. He does not explain if you have a problem and only have saved for a month then what. As my Grandmother would say bless Louie's heart he just does not get it. Time to form a committiee that is not beholden to any one any where that understands the problem and let them solve it. Might get the folks from AIG they were able to create value where there was none.
 

Steve

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This does apply to any goverment workers railroad workers military state employees and such.

not sure about the rest,, but due to Congressional reneging on promises to the military.. when a retired vet reaches retirement age 67? he is put on medicare.. and pays the premiums for medicare part B? or loses tricare..

and the tricare for life becomes secondary..
http://www.military.com/benefits/tricare/tricare-for-life/tricare-for-life-and-dual-eligibility
 
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