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I repeat why can't I buy into Medicare? Roland00 Send a noteboard - 12/02/2019 01:06:26 AM

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I still have health care through work. I have to be signed up for Medicare Part A - the “free” part, but it is secondary to my work plan. I don’t sign up for Parts B, C and D until after I stop working.


You can see your actions as charitable or honorable, but it was your choice to make those choices. Why do I not get this option? Why can't I buy into Medicare as a public option? Sure I have to pay a fixed sum monthly or yearly but why can't I be given this choice?

Backdrop to this Rhetorical Question, 4 of the 8 different Health Care Bills the Democrats proposed does not increase taxes but are a form of Medicare buy in. Well technically it is not 8 for it is 6 are bills and 2 of them are Think Tank proposals.

https://www.vox.com/2018/12/13/18103087/medicare-for-all-single-payer-democrats-sanders-jayapal

The link I just gave has a nice chart that is up to date as of Dec 2018.

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But whatever ¯\ (ツ)

None of the bills currently proposed will become law, and we will probably have a half a dozen additional proposals in the next year. It is all virtue / value signaling at this point. Sure some bill may occur in 2020 to 2024 if the Democrats gain the presidency, keep the house, and gain enough Senate Seats but there is no way to predict what the final legislation is going to look like in 2021 to 2024 from our vantage point in 2019.

As The Two Towers movie said from my High School Years. So it Begins.

Or to use an example from your generation Mookie as a German Field Marshal once said. No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.

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Medicare for All - just add 36% points to your marginal tax rate - - 11/02/2019 02:30:53 PM 927 Views
That is just to cover the additional costs. - 11/02/2019 03:36:23 PM 427 Views
Very good point! *NM* - 11/02/2019 04:07:17 PM 236 Views
But I heard we can just print some $1 Trillion coins and pay for it that way *NM* - 11/02/2019 03:38:01 PM 241 Views
All paid via Bitcoins! - 11/02/2019 04:07:46 PM 395 Views
I can't even imagine... - 11/02/2019 04:47:31 PM 433 Views
Agreed, it would destroy a lot of households. *NM* - 12/02/2019 04:59:45 AM 236 Views
You realize this is a ridiculous comparison, right? - 11/02/2019 06:06:55 PM 593 Views
Eliminating my health insurance costs benefits my employer far more than me. - 11/02/2019 06:34:44 PM 458 Views
I agree, it's not obvious where that money would go. - 11/02/2019 08:14:31 PM 432 Views
The Trump tax cuts put an extra $300 per month in my take-home pay. - 11/02/2019 08:18:04 PM 413 Views
I was talking about the corporate tax reduction part. - 11/02/2019 08:39:08 PM 436 Views
So if they just took the money your employer is already paying... *NM* - 11/02/2019 11:43:02 PM 250 Views
Mookie why can't I buy into Medicare, why do you get Medicare? - 12/02/2019 12:47:42 AM 412 Views
I do not have Medicare even though I’m old enough to qualify. - 12/02/2019 12:52:04 AM 411 Views
I repeat why can't I buy into Medicare? - 12/02/2019 01:06:26 AM 390 Views
I liked Mike Tyson’s version. - 12/02/2019 03:06:51 AM 426 Views
I never answered your question, did I? - 13/02/2019 12:33:55 AM 395 Views
Buy in, he said. - 13/02/2019 12:41:29 AM 395 Views
Less than private insurance? - 13/02/2019 12:59:44 AM 396 Views
You are making assumptions here. - 13/02/2019 01:27:12 AM 392 Views
You’re right, I am. - 13/02/2019 02:08:02 AM 413 Views
Nothing wrong with that - 13/02/2019 03:18:40 AM 400 Views
I’m sorry Roland that your experiences have been so negative. - 13/02/2019 03:33:20 AM 404 Views
by the way, I’m on my third dirty Cajun martini... - 13/02/2019 03:41:51 AM 408 Views
It is probably good that I am broke right now - 13/02/2019 04:21:37 AM 413 Views
Yup... - 13/02/2019 05:00:42 AM 388 Views
Yes , you are right - 13/02/2019 05:16:07 AM 424 Views
I'll have to take your word for it... - 11/02/2019 07:14:15 PM 438 Views
Fair enough. - 11/02/2019 08:22:13 PM 410 Views
*nods* - 11/02/2019 10:16:12 PM 422 Views
Is it really wasteful? I think that is just your moral intuition. - 12/02/2019 12:55:21 AM 384 Views
Have you ever worked with the US government? - 12/02/2019 05:30:44 PM 416 Views
I can't import the paperwork and accounting software without importing their values? - 12/02/2019 06:08:07 PM 383 Views
As someone who writes technical documents and consults with software.... - 12/02/2019 09:30:33 PM 393 Views
Too many cooks, thus we must remain with the Status Quo? *NM* - 12/02/2019 10:06:32 PM 220 Views
On US government inefficiency... - 13/02/2019 12:45:39 AM 407 Views
I agree with you. - 13/02/2019 06:42:21 PM 363 Views
How is it ridiculous? - 12/02/2019 12:45:40 AM 404 Views

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