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northoftheborder

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6. Medicare is not free -- premiums are taken out of my S.S. each month..

Reply to Magoo48 (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2018, 05:19 PM

Dec 2018

Medicare For All would have to have another method for payment of premiums for those not on Social Security yet; I don't think totally free health care is realistic or achievable. There are a lot of plans out there which have been discussed over and over for years, which are better than ACA. It's just what can we get passed into law that is the problem.

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Schumer says he's for the "best and the cheapest" healthcare for Americans. [View all] Magoo48 Dec 2018 OP

Caught that earlier. Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #1

First you set the stage. THEN you bring the actors on. n/t pnwmom Dec 2018 #2

Medicare for all might not be the universal health care legislation that makes it. WeekiWater Dec 2018 #3

Schumer dances around everything NewJeffCT Dec 2018 #4

He sees a process zipplewrath Dec 2018 #5

Medicare is not free -- premiums are taken out of my S.S. each month.. northoftheborder Dec 2018 #6

I suspect some folks talking Medicare for all do not realize that it costs, and to get fully covered still_one Dec 2018 #7

I might be misunderstanding this, and if i am please enlighten me: Volaris Dec 2018 #8

Who suggested Medicare is free? And, single payer would come out of tax revenue. Magoo48 Dec 2018 #12

Ummmm, Pelosi is NOT the problem n/t maxrandb Dec 2018 #9

I saw that interview and kacekwl Dec 2018 #10

I support universal healthcare care. But am against Medicare for all. GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #11

To get cheaper insurance you have to bring down the cost of healthcare Buckeyeblue Dec 2018 #13