Good point.
Currently, people pay Medicare taxes for forty or fifty years, then they have to pay premiums for Medicare Part B, and further premiums for a "supplemental plan", if they want more than basic coverage.
Somehow, I don't think this model is what the Dems have in mind.
Or... maybe they do, and they figure that people are too dumb to figure it out, until after it happens.
And someone needs to tell the masses about the coverage. Even with all the things you still have to pay monthly for, it doesn’t cover everything. I frequently have to sign a paper that says ‘Medicare may not cover this, but I consent to the test/procedure and will pay for it myself, if Medicare won’t pay’ (obviously paraphrased).
Yes. Repeat this many times.
I always resented paying toward people who were lazy (to me) since I was about 16 and working at part time jobs. I was one of the millions who worked every day for decades and supported all the Social Security and Medicare recipients and I knew as I was finally able to retire last year (I’m 72) that they would say “Sorry, we’re broke.” when it came to benefits for ME.
I fully realize the corrupt government since LBJ spent all the Soc. Security money each year (borrowed) and then asked to pay it back by new taxes the next year, so no money was “saved” or “invested” to pay us back in 2018. I know.
I was shocked how much we pay now for benefits during retirement and how wimpy and cheap the medical payments are while we the retirees again have to pay huge annual deductibles and copays and a monthly tax!!
We the senior boomers are still strong enough to fight by any means necessary if the talk comes around to Dems saying how many old folks can we (the government) afford, how much do old people cost,do we need to keep end of life care going if it costs money that could go to minorities on welfare, and so on.
WE WILL FIGHT. Boomers will not roll over and get jobbed.