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spooky3

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1. I agree it will undermine public support and

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 11:48 AM

Oct 2021

Cost more to administer. Besides, higher income salary earners have been paying more for coverage they have not yet received throughout their careers, and paid premiums used to help others who can’t afford it. It’s really wrong then to deny them reasonable care once they retire and need their benefits—which they continue to pay more for, depending on income!

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Income test for Medicare dental under debate; gets pushback [View all] Uncle Joe Oct 2021 OP

I agree it will undermine public support and spooky3 Oct 2021 #1

... Uncle Joe Oct 2021 #2

+1. BeckyDem Oct 2021 #6

Existing dental coverage drexelkathy Oct 2021 #3

I never could understand our society's disconnect Uncle Joe Oct 2021 #4

Congress critters need to be nykym Oct 2021 #5

Unfortunately, dental coverage in Reconciliation package wasn't even expected to start until 2028. Hoyt Oct 2021 #7

I totally agree with you that Uncle Joe Oct 2021 #8

As soon as it is means tested it becomes tainted Voltaire2 Oct 2021 #9

OK. We can just leave it as "those people" won't get dental, Hoyt Oct 2021 #10

Any limits on who gets care or now is a waste IbogaProject Oct 2021 #11