Hi Bill,
I've been on Medicare for more than 20 years, and, I agree, it is
fairly painless, but not entirely cheap. For one individual, I paid
around $8500 in Part B and BCBS supplemental charges this past year.
But, when you need it, it is nice to have.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 3/22/2017 4:17 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
I've been on Medicare, with the AARP supplement, for almost 6 years,
and it's really painless. Most all good physicians take it, (and to be
honest, several have said that Medicare reimburses at a higher rate
that private insurance, with less paperwork and aggravation). I have
arrived at the decision that physicians that don't take it let their
crappy political beliefs, or maybe more just plain greed, get in the
way of their oath. I'm fully for single payer systems.
And I am biased, as my paternal grandparents were both MD's, licensed
in 1911 and 1912, and just squeaked by financially. I understand the
whole business of student loans, but I don't understand the business
of palatial homes and supercars.
-----Original Message----- From: Tina Manley
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 4:04 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] OT healthcare woes in the US
+1!
Tina
On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 4:59 PM, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Health insurance is an abomination. (My new favorite word.) As Joan,
a now
retired RN says, healthcare should not be a profit-centered concern.
Single-payer, everyone covered, no exceptions.
We can and should afford it. All we have to do is decide it's worth it.
And stop being the world's leading death merchant. We've killed far too
many brown people for no good reason. And we've piped far too much money
into the coffers of the wealthy on the assumption, or should I say
promise,
that it will trickle back down to everyone.
It hasn't. It's in massive cash stockpiles. As far as I'm concerned it's
time to pick up the pitchforks and play fetch the money.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
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