Name:   phil - Subject:   Single Payer for Phillsieeeeee Date:   2/9/2017 2:40:53 PM

Name:   GoneFishin  -  Subject:   Single Payer for Phillsieeeeee Date:   2/9/2017 12:25:23 PM

You need to read what you post. You like to Google a subject and the try to appear intelligent by multiple posts without reading them. The Daily Signal which you posted discussed some changes to strengthen the program. Why would you post the age change when you disagree with it?

Again for the slow in the room - you asked "What is wrong with Medicare a single payer plan?"

because I was pointing out that there is problems with it that need to be "fixed", and one of those solutions is to cut off needy people who are elderly just because they are not old enough.

"Why should it be rasied to 68?  Do you hate people 65-67?"

From YOUR post...."Moffit also says that Congress needs to reduce further the taxpayers’ subsidies to the wealthiest retirees and gradually raise the normal age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 68, tracking changes in older Americans’ longer life expectancy and capacity to stay active in the workplace. "

wow - so someone else indcated there is problems with medicare and one way is to let 65-68 year olds die in the street till they get old enough - because as you put it "people on medicare are not dying in the streets"

You also know very little about Medicare. Medicare C is called Medicare Advantage and is quite different than Original Medicare (Parts A&B). In exchange for either lower premium and/or broader benefits one gives up doctor and hospital choice and are in a network.

As to having to carry 2 insurance cards, if you have a supplement plan Medicare will forward a copy of their payment to the supplement carrier. The insured just has to show the cards at the docs office. The supplement plan pays the coinsurance and will only pay if Medicare approved the charge. I am sure your parents did not find this to be a burden. You only have to show it on your initial visit.

Which as I indicated they showed where ever they had to go, now why did they not just drop BCBS and just use medicare,  If medicare is so good why would supplemenatl insurance be necessary?

Finally, the cost to your parents under Medicare was far less as they grew older than if they still had their BC/BS. Medicare rates do NOT increase as you get older. They change only based on premium and claim projections. Without Medicare, many seniors could not qualify for insurance as Medicare provides coverage for pre exiting conditions.

"Medicare rates do not increase based on age, but on premuim and claim projections."  But they still go up and when you are already on fixed income, mawmaw is just going to have to choose to eat or if she wants her medication this month.

Now go Google and post another 4 to 5 posts to defend your indefensible position.

no google, defended.