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55. I'm Eighty Years Old

Tue Feb 5, 2019, 08:12 PM

Feb 2019

And I'm on Medicare and I've advocated for years for a single payer insurance program; which is Medicare as far as I'm concerned. The original poster offers no links to the polls he says that are there. Most, if not all my friends are on Medicare and every one of them are in favor of Medicare for all. Since you say that we old folks think, "fuck you, I've got mine". I say you're full of shit. You paint with a broad brush, kid.

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Why is it that so many people who are ON Medicare, and by-and-large love it....... [View all] scheming daemons Feb 2019 OP

BECAUSE of the "it will cost 30 trillion dollars!" bullshit. elleng Feb 2019 #1

The GOP knows that lies work. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #19

Yes, and they play on them constantly. elleng Feb 2019 #21

"I got mine. F*ck everyone else!" fleur-de-lisa Feb 2019 #2

Yep n/t Strelnikov_ Feb 2019 #5

When half the people have insurance through work and are R B Garr Feb 2019 #31

I have a 20% co-pay on my insurance. yardwork Feb 2019 #60

I just had an operation and paid zero. R B Garr Feb 2019 #63

If Medicare For All becomes reality, then companies will no longer give health care benefits FakeNoose Feb 2019 #70

That's why I said the plan needs more concrete talk R B Garr Feb 2019 #72

Good shanti Feb 2019 #75

Agreed MarcA Feb 2019 #80

More like "I got mine and I'll be even happier if I take your's too." Texin Feb 2019 #38

You just described my father-in-law to a "T" Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #82

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

This. Sad NRaleighLiberal Feb 2019 #49

I'm Eighty Years Old Cheviteau Feb 2019 #55

Was the post directed at you? fleur-de-lisa Feb 2019 #61

agree with you. We are over 65 and use Medicare.I am all for Medicare for all. demigoddess Feb 2019 #66

I concur charliea Feb 2019 #67

The OP specifically referred to GOP voters, which in that case I think the OP is correct, ooky Feb 2019 #69

Yep x 100000000000000 rpannier Feb 2019 #62

In the case of right wing voters, I think you are right. ooky Feb 2019 #71

That's exactly it. onecaliberal Feb 2019 #81

because they are afraid that by adding in people who haven't been paying in for years dsc Feb 2019 #3

You are only paying for part A hospital beds. wasupaloopa Feb 2019 #11

I am 51 dsc Feb 2019 #16

Like I said nobody knows what Medicare for all means. wasupaloopa Feb 2019 #41

The part B premium for 2019 is $135.50/month or $1626 for the year. WillowTree Feb 2019 #77

You are correct. Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #58

Yes, they are afraid they will be short-changed. What they don't understand is that everybody else pnwmom Feb 2019 #17

Those are the same people on Medicare that hated Obamacare and said doc03 Feb 2019 #4

Most of these older right wingers Ohiogal Feb 2019 #6

But any medicare-for-all plan would have those under 65 paying into the plan scheming daemons Feb 2019 #13

I think this is correct MichMan Feb 2019 #36

Most people I know who are on Medicare want everyone else to have it PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #7

Most people you know who are on Medicare aren't the majority. Mariana Feb 2019 #24

I tend not to associate with such people. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #34

I don't blame you a bit. nt. Mariana Feb 2019 #40

not this guy onethatcares Feb 2019 #42

Maybe they think everyone else is unworthy procon Feb 2019 #8

I like to point out John McCain as an example of this. world wide wally Feb 2019 #64

At this point nobody knows what Medicare for all is. wasupaloopa Feb 2019 #9

"Socialized medicine" luvtheGWN Feb 2019 #68

I have nothing against socialized anything. I just want wasupaloopa Feb 2019 #90

I'm on Medicare and I support M4All riverwalker Feb 2019 #10

I want people to have it, but a lot of folks aren't going to be happy Hoyt Feb 2019 #12

I had private insurance and then got Medicare. I see no difference at all, in fact, Medicare Raven Feb 2019 #14

If that were true, we'd be hearing lots of stories Mariana Feb 2019 #27

Medicare-for-All means no more employer paid insurance. Now if you are talking Public Option, that's Hoyt Feb 2019 #35

People who retire at 65 and go on Medicare Mariana Feb 2019 #37

If they still work, in most cases the employer plan is still primary. You are missing the point, Hoyt Feb 2019 #45

Paying for it is the least of my concerns ismnotwasm Feb 2019 #15

"M4A" will never work. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #22

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

Do you have any polling of people currently on Medicare DURHAM D Feb 2019 #20

See below response. scheming daemons Feb 2019 #26

your conclusion is drivel nt DURHAM D Feb 2019 #30

Where was this reported? Basic LA Feb 2019 #23

Trump approval rating by age scheming daemons Feb 2019 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Kajun Gal Feb 2019 #78

Exactly. DURHAM D Feb 2019 #29

Today is my 70th birthday and I've always been for a Medicare-for-all system. Vinca Feb 2019 #28

Happy Birthday! Dem2theMax Feb 2019 #59

Thanks. 70 is the new 50 (I'm telling myself). Vinca Feb 2019 #76

You are very welcome! Dem2theMax Feb 2019 #79

A lot of them really don't understand how dysfunctional our system is Mariana Feb 2019 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author dawg day Feb 2019 #33

Part of it is because we've been paying into it for 50 years and it works. Perhaps.... George II Feb 2019 #43

"good, efficient system" progressoid Feb 2019 #65

It's an extremely efficient system... charliea Feb 2019 #73

I'm not against it. I think it's great. It's the way it's supposed to work. PeeJ52 Feb 2019 #44

Cost. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #46

Because "Medicare for all" is not Medicare for all dansolo Feb 2019 #47

medicare for all pamdb Feb 2019 #48

you know it's not free, right? Hamlette Feb 2019 #50

I love Medicare because they leave me alone HockeyMom Feb 2019 #51

Brainwashing and incessant false arguments. I agree with the underlying premise, we are c-rational Feb 2019 #52

Side comment relayerbob Feb 2019 #53

I hear/read you. But managed care greatly reduced the rate paid to providers, stopped them from Hoyt Feb 2019 #56

Nice try relayerbob Feb 2019 #83

That's all you have? Hoyt Feb 2019 #84

What more do I need? relayerbob Feb 2019 #85

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

medicare for all pamdb Feb 2019 #57

Here's another fun fact: no you can't just "lower the medicare age to 0" brooklynite Feb 2019 #74

A Single Risk Pool Equals a Health Care System. Ron Green Feb 2019 #86

Good question ck4829 Feb 2019 #88

They falsely think other people having it will mean they will get less care KWR65 Feb 2019 #89