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Re: Advantage plans hurt Medicare

A few comments on your post. Many people moving to advantage plans pay less or the same. You Insurance Carrier gets 15% more from medicare to provide the same base benefits as it costs medicare to provide them. That means we all pay more so there can...
john258 02-04-2023 06:37 PM
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Re: Medicare needs to change to add dental, hearing and eye care!

You are correct and money in the Trust Fund was a major concern for any of this we would not have a Medicare Program because the Trust fund was set up to perform as it is and  should not be used to judge what is or is not needed. I hope you realize t...
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Re: S.1295 TRUST ACT 2021

I hope all are following a plan being worked on in the house. It would replace the income tax with a 30% sales tax on everything. The money created would be used to fund the entire govt. including SS. This would be the first step in making SS, Medica...
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Re: S.1295 TRUST ACT 2021

Nice long post but it will not work under what is happening today. You have 2 sides as always but now one side wants to totally change or kill the programs. When that happens the problem becomes unfix able until you have 2 sides that want  to keep th...
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Re: Why is the AARP welcoming the privatization of Medicare?

Bad support article. It is not true.
john258 12-31-2022 10:32 AM
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Re: Advantage plans hurt Medicare

A few comments on your post. Many people moving to advantage plans pay less or the same. You Insurance Carrier gets 15% more from medicare to provide the same base benefits as it costs medicare to provide them. That means we all pay more so there can...
john258 02-04-2023 06:37 PM
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Re: Medicare needs to change to add dental, hearing and eye care!

You are correct and money in the Trust Fund was a major concern for any of this we would not have a Medicare Program because the Trust fund was set up to perform as it is and  should not be used to judge what is or is not needed. I hope you realize t...
john258 02-04-2023 06:10 PM
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Re: S.1295 TRUST ACT 2021

I hope all are following a plan being worked on in the house. It would replace the income tax with a 30% sales tax on everything. The money created would be used to fund the entire govt. including SS. This would be the first step in making SS, Medica...
john258 01-25-2023 08:11 PM
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Re: S.1295 TRUST ACT 2021

Nice long post but it will not work under what is happening today. You have 2 sides as always but now one side wants to totally change or kill the programs. When that happens the problem becomes unfix able until you have 2 sides that want  to keep th...
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Re: Why is the AARP welcoming the privatization of Medicare?

Bad support article. It is not true.
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Re: Advantage plans hurt Medicare

A few comments on your post. Many people moving to advantage plans pay less or the same. You Insurance Carrier gets 15% more from medicare to provide the same base benefits as it costs medicare to provide them. That means we all pay more so there can...
john258 02-04-2023 06:37 PM
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Re: Medicare needs to change to add dental, hearing and eye care!

You are correct and money in the Trust Fund was a major concern for any of this we would not have a Medicare Program because the Trust fund was set up to perform as it is and  should not be used to judge what is or is not needed. I hope you realize t...
john258 02-04-2023 06:10 PM
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Re: S.1295 TRUST ACT 2021

I hope all are following a plan being worked on in the house. It would replace the income tax with a 30% sales tax on everything. The money created would be used to fund the entire govt. including SS. This would be the first step in making SS, Medica...
john258 01-25-2023 08:11 PM
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Re: S.1295 TRUST ACT 2021

Nice long post but it will not work under what is happening today. You have 2 sides as always but now one side wants to totally change or kill the programs. When that happens the problem becomes unfix able until you have 2 sides that want  to keep th...
john258 01-25-2023 05:50 PM
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Re: Why is the AARP welcoming the privatization of Medicare?

Bad support article. It is not true.
john258 12-31-2022 10:32 AM
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