Cheap enough for one old codger, but it doesn't leave much to play with ( we're not cold in the winter, we're fed and the car stays paid for .. etc.) .. but;
I've never read anything here, nor heard anything on the radio about us SS recipients.
Will obamascare force US to pay more than what we're paying now?
I really can't afford any glitch in "the system" especially if it costs more money.
Expect your Medicare premium to rise.
Hunker in the Bunker.
Death panels for you old chap. You have lost your usefulness as a worker bee.
Well if you have a major health issue expect a “death panel” to decide your fate...
You have become a drain on the system, the Proof of Concept stated that anyone outside the age range of 19-40 was a drain and should get the least care.
I just got word on our Medigap policy (United Healthcare through AARP). The price has not gone up but the out of pocket has risen in all catagories — higher co-pays, higher minimums, less coverage. No out of network coverage and no coverage in certain counties in my state. Think auto accidents. Am I going to have to have a tattoo that says “ship me to Milwaukee County” in case of emergency?
Furthermore, I don’t even have a list of who is in network and who is no in network. Makes it hard to plan.
i can’t state specifics ‘cause i didn’t
read the article, but i did recently see
an article headline stating that
Medicare recipients costs will go up, too.
not good news. what to do? GET MAD and
get loud!
SSI and Medicare/Medicaid are essentially socialism
The House should have sent a budget defunding them as well
well look bud, you are partially responsible for this mess.
do what you can to impact it
Though, I can imagine you won't receive much in the way of care anymore no matter what you pay.
I live part time in an over 55 joint in bad ol Broward county Florida.
I had to take early SS...didnt want to but circumstances were forced on me. I am concerned as you are because at our age we have few choices.
Having said that Im more concerned with the HEALTH of my country, its future and the well being of the younger generation.
The barkeep in one of the saloons I frequent has a masters in something and that is the best job she can find now.
I know guys with families in their 40s that are scared to death about losing their jobs/health ins.
Sad days all around folks.
With respect for your situation, I too am retired now. However, I am more concerned about what my grand daughters will face under the aftermath of this evil tyrant. It consumes me in my dreams.
One thing for sure. I wouldn't sign anything unless I saw in writing and official that laid out my options.
You are old and no longer useful! Just a drain on society and no longer required. Crawl into a hole and pass quietly into the nite. Who cares about You!
The panels will decide for you...
/blantant sarcasm from a 55 year old
If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, Obamacare promises that the cost will rise as soon as the “temporary delay” is ended (i.e. when the Democrats think they can get away with it without too much electoral pain).
Medicare is not supposed to immediately change. Medicare is already single payer.
What will change is that physician reimbursement and coverage will be cut, perhaps dramatically, once Obamacare is implemented. Obamacare finance depends on serious cuts in Medicare/Medicaid spending on the elderly. So, it will likely become more difficult to find physicians who will accept Medicare.
Obama says if you have a health issue then just take a pill, and grab your ankles.
I’m 65 and have been retired for three years because of the 2008 elections. In the 40 some years that I worked my a$$ off, I drew 6 weeks of unemployment, never took a dime in relief from the government, but saw my payroll deductions get sucked out of every paycheck. I now have a moderate SS check, a new medicare card(that will get used infrequently), and my yet unclaimed modest VA benefits. Any of you young punks that think “I am part of the problem” can kiss my furry a$$!
For the rest of you, write a book, work for cash, enjoy the 20 or so that you have left, and quit carping about how the government is screwing us.
If you’re forced by the rising costs of premiums into Obamao/Boehner”care”, you’ll seemingly be taxed for being married:
“The third tragic outcome of Obamacare is what it will do to marriages and families. In January 2010, two months before Obamacare’s passage, the estimable Robert Rector at the Heritage Foundation gave the impact a name: the “wedding tax.””
http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-wedding-tax/?singlepage=true