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In reply to the discussion: Why is it that so many people who are ON Medicare, and by-and-large love it....... [View all]CurtEastPoint
(18,548 posts)18. I saw a 'why are drugs so $$$' today and a Dumper said, 'Because we have to pay for the ones who get
it for free.
IOW... just as a commenter above said:
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scheming daemons
Feb 2019
OP
If Medicare For All becomes reality, then companies will no longer give health care benefits
FakeNoose
Feb 2019
#70
And that's not just Medicare. It's "I'm white and european, and I got mine." Get out of my country.
erronis
Feb 2019
#39
agree with you. We are over 65 and use Medicare.I am all for Medicare for all.
demigoddess
Feb 2019
#66
The OP specifically referred to GOP voters, which in that case I think the OP is correct,
ooky
Feb 2019
#69
because they are afraid that by adding in people who haven't been paying in for years
dsc
Feb 2019
#3
Yes, they are afraid they will be short-changed. What they don't understand is that everybody else
pnwmom
Feb 2019
#17
But any medicare-for-all plan would have those under 65 paying into the plan
scheming daemons
Feb 2019
#13
Most people I know who are on Medicare want everyone else to have it
PoindexterOglethorpe
Feb 2019
#7
I had private insurance and then got Medicare. I see no difference at all, in fact, Medicare
Raven
Feb 2019
#14
Medicare-for-All means no more employer paid insurance. Now if you are talking Public Option, that's
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#35
If they still work, in most cases the employer plan is still primary. You are missing the point,
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#45
I saw a 'why are drugs so $$$' today and a Dumper said, 'Because we have to pay for the ones who get
CurtEastPoint
Feb 2019
#18
Part of it is because we've been paying into it for 50 years and it works. Perhaps....
George II
Feb 2019
#43
Brainwashing and incessant false arguments. I agree with the underlying premise, we are
c-rational
Feb 2019
#52
I hear/read you. But managed care greatly reduced the rate paid to providers, stopped them from
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#56
Truthfully, I think you have term "managed competition" -- which was Reagan and GOPers' BS answer to
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#87
We're on Medicare and appreciate the health insurance. We pay about $120 each for Medicare. Yet,
CharleyDog
Feb 2019
#54