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stopbush

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7. So, if you are a senior with Medicare and a supplemental plan,

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 19, 2019, 01:36 PM

Jul 2019

your cost is $335 a month (basic Medicare @ $135 + supplemental @ $200). That works out to $1340 A MONTH or $16,080 a YEAR for a family of 4 on MFA, assuming the premiums stay where they are.

BTW - supplemental Medicare coverage in my neck of the woods (SoCal) is $0 per month.

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Can we talk just a second about the side costs of Medicare for All [View all] Peacetrain Jul 2019 OP

This is true. Medicare is great but if you don't buy supplemental coverage The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #1

So, if you are a senior with Medicare and a supplemental plan, stopbush Jul 2019 #7

Depending on the specific plans. question everything Jul 2019 #18

Many other countries have seemed to work out the bugs. No, it won't be cheap, Firestorm49 Jul 2019 #2

Nobody anywhere has worked out the bugs completely. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #5

The subsidies that people receive for the ACA have to be paid for too. I don't remember MFA Autumn Jul 2019 #15

And what about the payroll contribution 100% of workers currently pay into Medicare stopbush Jul 2019 #3

And that $135 is a minimum. If your income is higher spooky3 Jul 2019 #8

Many people I talk to who advocate MFA don't know that Medicare has premiums. stopbush Jul 2019 #11

M4A would overhaul Medicare. HerbChestnut Jul 2019 #4

Yeah, but there are all these other costs that will be reduced. I've been hearing that since 1977, Hoyt Jul 2019 #6

Agree. Without the details, it's BS. stopbush Jul 2019 #9

Here's the M4A bill released earlier this year. HerbChestnut Jul 2019 #10

I didn't find any real details in there on how this is paid for. stopbush Jul 2019 #13

I guess you are going to have to point out where that Bill says what it's going to cost in aggregate Hoyt Jul 2019 #14

I would also like to hear Andy823 Jul 2019 #12

Under MFA you can still purchase supplemental insurance, just as we do now. Autumn Jul 2019 #16

What about Andy823 Jul 2019 #19

I would think we still pay for it. Like the ACA there will be subsidies only with MFA Autumn Jul 2019 #20

There is a big problem with employer provided insurance. shraby Jul 2019 #17

Under Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All Act of 2019 Eric J in MN Jul 2019 #21

Forget Medicare for All Everyman Jackal Jul 2019 #22

What we are looking at is being done for two reasons. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #23