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20. There was a very provocative suggestion from I think Brookings to fund Medicare ...

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #14)

Sat Nov 2, 2013, 03:55 AM

Nov 2013

... by making it a default claimant on all estates. I think they had the political sense never to let that get past the trial balloon stage, but I think it's a fascinating idea.

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Could someone with a history around here... [View all] busterbrown Nov 2013 OP

1) the medicaid hole lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #1

Should you use the word medicaid instead of medicare? DURHAM D Nov 2013 #2

Yes. Thank you. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #3

What about the points some have made about.. busterbrown Nov 2013 #5

People between 50 and 65 get a good deal. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #8

3 times the cost for the youngest (not 4). n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #11

thanks! lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #13

Thank you for that explanation..n/t busterbrown Nov 2013 #12

That group is probably better off. If they lose their insurance for pnwmom Nov 2013 #16

Note: If you are 55+ and on Medicaid, states have the right to recover any Medicaid expenditures PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #14

Wow. I guess Republican governors are for the death tax, but only on poor people. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #15

According to the link this applies to 26 out of 50 states, pnwmom Nov 2013 #17

There was a very provocative suggestion from I think Brookings to fund Medicare ... Recursion Nov 2013 #20

The 'family glitch' is a problem leftstreet Nov 2013 #4

The main problem is that it feeds and grows and entrenches predatory corporations woo me with science Nov 2013 #6

why do you feel responsible for advocating for the program? Enrique Nov 2013 #7

Ah, stop getting into the piling on shit. busterbrown Nov 2013 #10

Excuse me but the questions seemed to be good ones. It also appears they were not answered. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #18

Why am I so interested? busterbrown Nov 2013 #19

Interesting choice of words: "we need to let our dem reps know what these problems are" / "dem" reps AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #9

High deductibles and copays is one (or two depending on how you look at it) Fumesucker Nov 2013 #21